What are the Nine Principles?

The Nine Principles are a set of guidelines for creativists. Together they describe a lifestyle that emphasizes creativity, while avoiding many of the pitfalls that corrupt the creative impulse. The Nine Principles are deeply rooted in philosophical Taoism. They are an attempt to make this view of life practical and beneficial in today's world. The emergence of the new interactive computerized media, Immuexa, makes the lifestyle described by these Principles viable.

I will introduce each Principle with a quotation from the Tao Te Ching, the primary Taoist text. I'll then state the principle and briefly explain it.


The First Principle

   
         
     
please note: The word "Immuexa" was originally my name for what later became the World-Wide-Web. It's now the name of a company, not a network.

The software known here as "ThoughtShop" was originally called "Colony." The rights to the tradename "Colony" were sold in January 2000.