Digital Gardening

Vet carefully. This is what Voltaire meant by ‘one must cultivate one’s own garden.’ Keep a good distance between what’s in your head and what’s in the world—you don’t need to take interest in every political issue. Pay attention to what brings you peace and do more of that.

ore often than not, the digital gardens of today are botanic—privately owned online spaces made for visitors to fawn over while a “do not touch” sign looms in view. These private gardens are generative for our personal learning, but they are far from the communal gardens I grew up in that valued collective work and knowledge. Where are the digital

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