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Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology toward the organic, the gentle, the elegant and beautiful. ― E.F. Schumacher, Small Is B

First, I think great web design requires discipline. And that’s really the hardest thing about making a website. In this field there are a thousand ye

Community is the most valuable currency of the new internet

here are some posts about online communities that I find very good for one reason or another (Not a full list, no particular order, mostly from the r

Community is the most valuable currency of the new internet

In a model, agents are interchangeable. Consumer A and Consumer B have different preference curves, yes, but they respond to the same incentive struct

If there's any kind of lesson in all this, it's mostly some advice I want to give myself. The lesson is simply: speak up. It's OK to slip into advocac

look at how the word “community” itself has been warped in recent years into a cynical marketing cliché to rival “storyteller” — annexed as the torche

to be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.

Eleven propositions to the question: What is contemporary about craft?

We can always opt out of this arrangement, of course, and live happily in meatspace, but that is precisely the point: Offline we exist by default; onl

We are currently living in a time when the lines between fantasy and reality are blurring and virtual worlds are creating room for new rules of self-e

ubiquitous connectivity and our media environments naturally lend themselves toward an influencer-and-fandom dynamic. If the system is built to inspir

In the new cultural economy, the culture is the product. It is composed of practices, ideas, and discourses. Products are auxiliary, supportive, but n

…and look. I think that it is perfectly reasonable for people to be normal music fans and to have a normal relationship to music. But…if you want to g

Whether it is through a VR headset, the manipulation of projectors, or clever set design, immersion fulfills our desire for escapism, instantly transp

what if we just didn’t do social media?There are a few brands doing something interesting in this space. Dorsey, a jewelry brand, has an Instagram pag

Food for thought… how can you not believe in God when octopuses DREAM and otters have a favorite rock they carry around in a little SKIN POCKET and c

The future of community: a future for communities | thesephist.com

10 key insights from Lenny Rachitsky on building a successful newsletter: 1. What do people ask you about that you don't have a great answer to? Vi

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The real practice of the artist is a way of being in the world. I always had assumed that it was, it was about doing things a certain way is what an a

Inspiration is not the exclusive privilege of poets or artists generally. There is, has been, and will always be a certain group of people whom inspir