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Designing and navigating various contextual arrangements with an enigmatic sense of hope. #wayfinder
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Narrating and listening foster each other. The narrative community is a community of careful listeners. A particular kind of attention is inherent to careful listening. People who listen carefully are oblivious to themselves; they immerse themselves in what they hear: "The more self-forgetful the listener is, the more deeply what he listens to is i
... See moreWe belong to times far more than we belong to places. We just don’t realize it because we can’t travel in time and can never see our time from the perspective of another. - vgr
Be an IDIOT! Though he doesn’t mean it like you should just be stupid. In fact the pejorative use of the word idiot is actually a fairly new thing in human history. Back in Ancient Greece for example the equivalent of the word we now use as idiot… really just meant someone who was a common person who didn’t really participate in public affairs or a
... See moreEpisode #189 - Transcript — Philosophize This!
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When we fall in love with someone’s mind, it has far less to do with what they create and more to do with what they direct their attention toward. A relationship with Claude could satisfy me for a time on the level of output––I type, Claude types. When we are not speaking, I don’t know what Claude is paying attention to. Claude doesn’t either. I do... See more
Edison did not look for problems in need of solutions; he looked for solutions in need of modification.
“Once upon a time people were born into communities and had to find their individuality. Today people are born individuals and have to find their communities.”
The Post-Individual
provocations and design