The Individual as an Axiom

The pre-eminent concept of the pure individual is only now starting to emerge in discourse on identity. This "pure" individual ("pure" being a name I give here for lack of a better adjective, perhaps "abstract" is more fitting) delineates the activity of one set of devices from another. An individual in Clique Space(TM) knows one's self through one's Sovereign - one of a collection of well defined Clique Space Elements. Individuals assert claims on devices through Connections - another type of Clique Space Element, and claims on authority through Affiliations - another type of Clique Space Element.

Individuals project these claims to others via Identities which are another type of Clique Space Element. Individuals interact with each other using combinations of Affiliations and Connections projected through an Identity in a Clique; a Clique is not a Clique Space Element, but it is a collection of a well defined combinations of these earlier stated Elements for each individual which are expressed in a Clique as Participants which are Clique Space Elements. Each Participant expresses characteristics selected by each individual and agreed to by all individuals of the Clique; no Clique can exist without the mutual constraint affinity of each member Participant.

I believe that the preeminent concept of the individual as someone who makes assertions (as opposed to a device which does not - at least not without an individual to govern it) is something discourse in the identity community appears not to have fully embraced at this stage. I think, however, discourse is approaching a precipice over which the individual will be recognised as the only entity having the characteristic of making assertions. Once the individual and their capacity for assertion is accepted as a precondition of identity by society at large, many riddles about identity will resolve themselves, and a system like Clique Space will show its worth.

That's my hunch anyway.