across many dimensions we have been acculturated to value the aggregated over the individual, and defaulting to the average consensus has become comfortable in its familiarity. This is what I observed in how students are taught writing by following templates like the five-paragaph essay. No one believes the products of that process are actually, yo... See more

"When I was a philosophy student, I used a photocopier to enlarge pages of books onto A3 paper. It helped me understand difficult texts by slowing me down, and it left room for my notes. My classmates thought it was ridiculous, but it helped."

There's so much this world, it's people and it's rules tell you to do, tell you to be.

It's hard to escape i... See more