Andrei Stoica
- Here is how Plutarch, classical biographer par excellence, described his attraction to the stories of great men:
We may say, then, that achievements of this kind, which do not arouse the spirit of emulation or create any passionate desire to imitate them, are of no great benefit to the spectator. On the other hand virtue in action immediately takes
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- This silicon union of intellect and action creates a culture fond of big ideas. The expectation that anyone sufficiently intelligent can grasp, and perhaps master, any conceivable subject incentivizes technologists to become conversant in as many subjects as possible. The technologist is thus attracted to general, sweeping ideas with application ac... See more
from The Silicon Valley Canon: On the Paıdeía of the American Tech Elite by T. Greer
- I often draw a distinction between the political elites of Washington DC and the industrial elites of Silicon Valley with a joke: in San Francisco reading books, and talking about what you have read, is a matter of high prestige. Not so in Washington DC. In Washington people never read books—they just write them.
from The Silicon Valley Canon: On the Paıdeía of the American Tech Elite by T. Greer
- Second, one must assume that paıdeía , which is to say, education and moral formation in the broadest and most comprehensive sense, is more important than anything else in deciding the character of a particular polıteía .
from The Silicon Valley Canon: On the Paıdeía of the American Tech Elite by T. Greer
romanian ‘first 7 years at home’ concept
- The one thing I thought was funny about Anu’s piece is that it claims “no one owns taste” but then sort of poo-poo’s the anticipated reaction of people that views the subject of taste as their “special territory”.
You can’t have both of these things. And it’s what tech people broadly get wrong about many other intersectional dialogues. Either no on... See morefrom Product Lost by @hipcityreg | Reggie James | Substack by Reggie James
- Yes, there can be taste in technology. But the problem is that the majority of practitioners are not consciously trying to extend nor synthesize towards improving quality of life.
Instead we are stuck in the darkest loop of identity confirmation derivatives, in order to extract and accumulate professional status for ourselves.
Taste in technology i... See morefrom Product Lost by @hipcityreg | Reggie James | Substack by Reggie James
- Taste is not some idea of good design and brand. That definition isn’t rooted in a single damn thing.
Taste is that personalizing moment, that got transferred spiritually. It’s Naoto Fukasawa’s idea of embodiment in design. It didn’t come from a vague notion of “being good”. NOOOOOOOOO it came from dropping in on that moment in life, being ready an... See morefrom Product Lost by @hipcityreg | Reggie James | Substack by Reggie James
- If the culture in a school is at odds with its pedagogical goals, energy will be wasted trying to deal with the friction between these value systems: You get disruptive students and motivation issues. An educator might have an easier time if they found a way to align the peer culture with the pedagogy. But crafting aligned cultures is not how mains... See more
from Culture Studies—Asterisk by Henrik Karlsson
school/culture divide (or lack thereof)