Epimetheus

FEAR™ 1.01

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WHAT IS FEAR™?

FEAR™ is a system-wide background service designed to watch for and avoid life-threatening situations. When a FEAR™ daemon is called it automatically takes control of BODY and executes a scripted avoidance response. FEAR™ has two run modes AUTO and manual.

USAGE:

FEAR™ can be edited by the user in manual mode when the a) user requests access AFTER a life threatening event to set up a daemon or b) user would like to edit/review a FEAR™ daemon’s triggers and priority. This includes deletion of a daemon.

To use FEAR™ in manual mode take relevant output from PowersOfObservations™ and enter it into the appropriate categories below:

- Situation leading up to life threatening event.

- Date

- Time

- Location

- Animate and inanimate objects

- Color(s)

- Sound(s)

- Smell(s)

- Weather condition

NOTE* Ensure that PowersOfObservation™ (PoW) is NOT set to VERBOSE. (See KNOWN ISSUES.)

Add action required to avoid situation in the future and set the daemon’s priority to HIGH, MEDIUM, AND LOW.

NOTE* Inclusion of the above is dictated by the user, unless in AUTO mode. In AUTO mode FEAR™ determines data to be included. USE AUTO MODE WITH CAUTION!

KNOWN ISSUES:

- FEAR™ does not store verbose data generated by POW. Verbose output from POW exceeds FEAR’s available table layout causing FEAR™ to assign multiple entries to one field. Set PoW’s logging to normal when using in conjunction with FEAR™.

- DO NOT LEAVE FEAR™ UNATTENDED IN AUTO MODE! If left unattended, Fear™ has been known to set random and non-life threatening events as dangerous. It is highly advised that users a) not leave FEAR™ in AUTO mode and b ) run RealityCheck on a regular basis, c) make necessary changes in edit mode.

- A bug exists where the FEAR™ run mode is set to AUTO at birth. Set run mode to Manual.

- Over time as the number of daemons related to FEAR™ increase they are known to interfere with both LogicalThought™ and RationalBehavior™.

NOTES:

FEAR™ has not been updated since the .01 release and may not function properly with current versions of BODY. The given addresses below are known to bounce. Some claim to have actually received replies but this is questionable.

SEE ALSO:

Adrenalin(1), BladderControl, HeartRate, RemainConscious, and Sweat 0.2a.

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Please send FEAR™ bug reports to <prayers.God@heaven.com>.

MAINTAINER: GOD <God@heaven.com>

FEAR™ was originally written by God.

Copyright (C) #### Genesis Foundation, Inc.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. <– stolen from actual Readme file.

The Main Thrust.

The question that inspired the above is, how do you modify the behavior of a large group of people without making a mess? Since two brains are better than one, I enlisted Stephanie’s help. Submitted for your approval is our four-step plan to converting those who are afraid of how change will affect them:

1. The people wanting the change have to be aware that resistance is due to fear. Fear of the unknown and loss of power.
2. Help those you want to change to discuss and confront their fears: What are you afraid might happen if we do [new thing]?” — and make a list (giving shape to fears so they can be confronted to reality)
3. The Reality Check: Examine the shape the fear takes (identified in #2) and evaluating if it is “real.”
4. Offer solution: “If we found a solution to fear object #X, would you be comfortable with [new thing]?”

Linkage.

• Personal Change
• The blog entry that got me thinking: Life and death on the Tokyo metro
• The Chicken Little Award: The Chicken Little Award is a dubious achievement award given by the center to people and organizations that Caruba considers to be engaged in “deliberately false, mass media-driven scare campaigns” regarding environmental matters.