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https://github.com/ndelangen/nomic
https://github.com/ndelangen/nomic
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- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ndelangen/nomic
- Owner: ndelangen
- Created: 2024-03-03T20:49:07.000Z (8 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-04-13T23:12:20.000Z (7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-04-14T00:38:07.452Z (7 months ago)
- Language: TypeScript
- Size: 695 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 3
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# Nomic on GitHub
Welcome! This is Nomic for Coders, by ndelangen.
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This is in very early stages of development.
- [Read about how to get started](./docs/INSTALLATION.md)
- [Read about the technical decisions](./docs/ARCHITECTURE.md)
## What is nomic?
> Nomic is a game created in 1982 by [philosopher Peter Suber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Suber), the rules of which include mechanisms for changing those rules, usually beginning by way of democratic voting.
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> The game demonstrates that in any system where rule changes are possible, a situation may arise in which the resulting laws are contradictory or insufficient to determine what is in fact legal.
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> ~ [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomic)
> ~ [Peter Suber's website](http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/nomic.htm)
## What is Nomic on GitHub?
Nomic on GitHub is a game of Nomic played using GitHub pull requests.
Players submit pull requests to change the rules & implementation of rules of the game, and the game advances by merging those pull requests.
## Limitations
There are technical limitations to what can be done with GitHub pull requests.
For example, it is not possible to review one own's PR.
There are [soft rules](./docs/SOFT_RULES.md), that are not enforceable by code. These can also be edited via pull requests.
## What can you expect?
It is hard to predict how a game of Nomic will evolve. It is a game of emergent complexity.
I'm particularly interested in if this will still hold true in the realm of software development:
> The game demonstrates that in any system where rule changes are possible, a situation may arise in which the resulting laws are contradictory or insufficient to determine what is in fact legal.