rob hardy
@robhardy
writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet 🌱
rob hardy
ungated.life
Start with the Faulkner quote “The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself” and you can figure it out from there
a knight who remembered his meowsx.comPerfection: Aristotelian concept of perfection as “potential fully actualized” ; as excellence in the exercise of one’s capacities and the realization of one’s carefully chosen ideals... human beings are fully actualised when they are functioning as builders.
Gena Gorlin • The quest for psychological perfection
If you want to fix the web, don’t just ameliorate its symptoms. Instead, transplant another dimension onto the web. Extend the internet right out of your screen and into the rich cacophony of our shared world, with the new dimension of trust.
Baz • You should design trust infrastructure
"Your worst sin is that you've destroyed and betrayed yourself for the Algorithm."
- Dostoevsky, 2024
- Dostoevsky, 2024
charlie ️ • Tweet
The Forest and
Caught in a contradiction, playing both despot and revolutionary, artist and critic, “straight man” and clown, the manifesto writer must persevere. The secret to this perseverance is drama. The theater of the absurd. You build a little self-contained world and invite the audience in. Describe this world in detail. Don’t be afraid to make it
... See moreJulian Hanna • The Manifesto Handbook
manifesto craft and
The test of the machine is the satisfaction it gives you. There isn't any other test. If the machine produces tranquility it's right. If it disturbs you it's wrong until either the machine or your mind is changed.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Quotes
Acceptance of ourselves and of our life journey is far more powerful than self-judgment in terms of our transformation.