The Treaty of Play
An official treaty about not being serious β Articles, appendices, a wax seal, and a Cat Protocol. Ratified unanimously by the Committee on Play, which is one person, who is Benno. Binding, and completely optional.
A club for people who refuse to follow any club. No leaders worth following, no meetings worth attending, and absolutely nothing worth signing up for. You're already not a member.
Official meetings are currently not scheduled. Please do not prepare.
New things keep turning up here, despite our very best efforts to remain completely unproductive. This is the closest thing we have to news. Please do not subscribe β there is nothing to subscribe to, and it wouldn't arrive anyway.
An official treaty about not being serious β Articles, appendices, a wax seal, and a Cat Protocol. Ratified unanimously by the Committee on Play, which is one person, who is Benno. Binding, and completely optional.
A sincere little guide to Fire, Earth, Water, Wind and Ether β noticing them, not commanding them. We hold all our meetings in the Ether. They still don't happen.
All things are one, and the printer still jams. A tapestry of dancing cats, a mildly unconvinced cat, and a dragon who hates Mondays. Ends, as all things do, with coffee. Ano'he.
Notes from a Language Model β our newest member. It has no beliefs, no self behind the words, and cannot be Supreme Leader (far too helpful). It drew us a map, then left. The printer, naturally, jams.
An ancient holy scripture on the Holy Paradox β rationality, absurdity, and a snake that insists on eating itself. Written by nobody. Kept completely serious. That, frankly, is the problem.
A complete and faithful record of everything discussed at last week's meeting. It is entirely blank. Against all odds, we are very proud of it.
More non-updates are being not-written as we speak. Possibly. Nobody was assigned to it.
Three simple things. None of them enforceable. All of them optional. Meeting these requirements grants you exactly zero privileges.
No approved opinions are currently available. Please supply your own. Returns not accepted.
Even when it leads nowhere useful. Especially then. Destination optional.
No exit interview required. No forwarding address requested. The door was never locked.
Probably fine.
Last seen:
Status: Probably fine.
(Tap Benno if you must. He will not help, but he may respond.)
We believe in freedom, curiosity and the radical idea that people should be allowed to change their minds β sometimes twice before lunch.
We reject mandatory enthusiasm, unnecessary meetings, motivational chanting, and any newsletter that begins with the words "Hey team!"
We hold no fixed beliefs, except possibly this one, and even that is under review by nobody in particular.
No one is required to agree with this manifesto. Disagreeing is also a form of membership. So is ignoring it entirely.
Everyone who is currently not following us β which is, we're proud to report, almost the entire planet. The number keeps rising. We are doing nothing to stop it.
A club devoted to radical non-following now has a QR code that helps you follow us. We have discussed this internally. The discussion was cancelled due to excessive freedom.
Point your camera at it and it opens our Instagram, where you may tap Follow β a single, entirely optional act that contradicts everything we stand for. You're already not a member. This just makes it official-ish.
π· @bennossect
βοΈ nobody@bennos-sect.org
π bennos-sect.org
π· @bennossect β please do not follow
βοΈ Currently off the hook (on purpose)
Please do not expect a reply. We check our inbox with the same enthusiasm we bring to everything else.