Leo Guinan
@leoguinan
Leo Guinan
The better we know ourselves, the better we’re able to design systems, technologies, lenses that intentionally empower our lights vs. blindly perpetuate our shadows.”
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
Damn, this hits deep. I love this so much.
Sublime: To rebuild the joy of code in a world optimized for everything but.
We're bringing back the weird, human touch that made us fall in love with coding in the first place.
Code shouldn't just work—it should delight.
We're bringing back the weird, human touch that made us fall in love with coding in the first place.
Code shouldn't just work—it should delight.
Claude
Make the Internet Weird Again and Glitch
Sublime Manifesto from the point of view of Glitch, an AI
For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: "It might have been!"
The saddest are these: "It might have been!"
Maud Muller, by John Greenleaf Whittier
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future
The multiverse is formed from our regrets.
Money is an important heuristic for groups to measure their capacity to support their work properly and not burn people out. Money is not the be all end all, but people get really put off by how it's been so co-opted by the capitalist, extractive system that we're trying to escape. My theory of change is, instead of running away from it, we need to... See more
Divya Siddarth • Building Capacity for Exit to Community
Visualization more broadly is a very important part of the Hoffman process. They mention the study where three different control groups shoot free throws and then do three different things over 30 days and shoot free throws again. The first group does nothing for 30 days. The second group shoots free throws for 30 minutes a day for 30 days. The... See more
My Hoffman Process Experience
Simulations are powerful
- Paladin saves the world? Degrowth story.
- Barbarian masculine energy saves the world? Degrowth story.
- Enlightened sexless bureaucracy saves the world? Degrowth story.
- Nurturing feminine energy saves the world? Degrowth story.
- Unbridled technological acceleration saves the world? Degrowth story.
- Unbridled GDP growth saves the world? Degrowth story.
- Saintly
every story is a degrowth story
What we value and Economics of Human Energy
These I agree are degrowth stories.
I think the connection he’s making is to the book, so that the loss of complexity in society leaves people feeling lost and unvalued, and that leads to societal collapse.
What if we don’t tie society to complexity?
Friendship is a bulwark against stasis, a potential source of creativity and renewal.Practically everyone who studies friendship says this in some form or another: What makes friendship so fragile is also exactly what makes it so special. You have to continually opt in. That you choose it is what gives it its value.
Jennifer Senior • It’s Your Friends Who Break Your Heart
Most people are creatures of habit and comfort. We don't want to take unnecessary risks, which may involve time, effort, or even ridicule from other people.The safest choice is usually to stick with the status quo.But as a creator, we are constantly trying to compel people to take some sort of action – which means we are inviting them to take risk.... See more
Jay Clouse • How to look more legitimate
Similar to Zhang Yiming, Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t care very much about the content on his platforms and is much more interested in technology and AI.
Jonah Peretti • The Anti-SNARF Manifesto
Boom. This is the issue.