The futuristic model of isolated individuals networked by powerful computer systems is insufficient. Time needed to keep up with the technology, for user influence on technology, time required for learning to use new tools and to upgrade skills, time to maintain equipment, etc. are beyond the developable potentials of individual humans, and possibly even small crews. A centralized CT support system may be adequate for social transformations but are not sufficient for self-organizing emergence. Text, is partly defined, as material structure, capable of cognitive interpretation into meaning. Yet, all that we know is embedded in text, which must be elevated in fundamental reality considerations on par with the material and mental, not merely derivative of them.
All records are text.
Our textual environments are the most significant. Social-political actions can be viewed as efforts of text creation and transformation. Democracy may be viewed as open collaborative text creation and editing. Creating better tools for augmenting collaborative text manipulation is necessary for human survival. These are the missions for the LORD-ETs.