Pedro Parrachia
“Ain’t just about prospering, it’s about progressing, connecting, tappin’ into something larger than yourself, so you can really see. Can’t build nothing if you can’t feel nothing. Community comes from feeling and feeling comes hand in hand with creation. What y’all out here creating now?” — Janelle Monáe & Sheree Renée Thomas
from The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe
the creation of an alliance between communities that recognize themselves through the events mentioned here has the potential to take Brazil to a new level of collective leadership in the global ReFi ecosystem.
from Home by Pedro Parrachia
The future elaboration of flexible, interlinked, uncontrollable networks must be worked out at these increasing levels of complexity. While the experience of the circulation of the Zapatista uprising can teach us much about the ways in which rhizomatically organized, autonomous but linked groups can replace "the organization" with its rigidities an
... See morefrom The Zapatistas and the Electronic Fabric of Struggle* by Harry Cleaver
This is what I would like to do. I would like to see if, in the belly of the dying internet, it’s possible to create something that is not like the internet. I want to see if I can poke at the outlines of whatever is coming next.
from The internet is already over by Sam Kriss
An enabling environment significantly expands its participants’ capacity to do things they find meaningful and important.
Schools ostensibly aspire to this purpose, butEducational objectives often subvert themselvesin large part becauseEnabling environments’ activities directly serve an intrinsically meaningful purpose. In general,Enabling environme
... See morefrom Enabling environment by Andy Matuschak
- "We do this because the world we live in is a house on fire and the people we love are burning."
from The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
“What did you find?” Genevieve was still poking at the Phoenix data, looking at the greatest needs reported in the city and the average wait times on calls to FEMA, 911, the fire department, appliance repair.
“It’s got her dorm.” Toba sounded a little dazed. “It shows how many people are there right now — phone data, I think — and what shops a
... See morefrom 'Shared Data,' a short story from an alternate future by Malka Older
- Now on to the good news. Your no thanks doesn’t need to be an absolute, total, eternal no . We can use typewriters to write letters and write a poem on our phone at the bus stop. We can say no thanks to AI phone bots but still use ChatGPT to help us understand Aristotle’s Metaphysics in the original. We can be both critical and appreciative of new ... See more
from No Thanks
“It became clearer and clearer that disasters are a problem for everyone , and when a disaster doesn’t get enough help that’s bad for everyone , not just the people immediately affected.”
from What humanitarian aid might look like in 30 years time by Malka Older