rob hardy
@robhardy
writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet š±
rob hardy
ungated.life
trust infrastructure is perhaps our only answer to creating an expressive and liberal internet that achieves the same goals of illiberal social credit systems without creating a Google Internet Corp. that controls the entire web.
Baz ā¢ You should design trust infrastructure
Iām increasingly convinced itās much easier (and happier) to assume strangers are friends you havenāt met yet, than to assume strangers will remain strangers.
Amanda Natividad ā¢ Tweet
My general working definition of compulsive/addictive behavior is āa pathological relationship to any mood-altering experience that has life-damaging consequences.ā
John Bradshaw ā¢ Healing the Shame That Binds You
This line from David Foster Wallace still haunts me:
āThe next suitable person youāre in light conversation with, you stop suddenly in the middle of the conversation and look at the person closely and say, āWhatās wrong?ā You say it in a concerned way. Heāll say, āWhat do you mean?ā You say, āSomethingās wrong. I can tell. What is it?ā... See more
And heāll loo
Tommy Dixon on Substack
In its highest form, the manifesto acts as a magic spell incanted by the visionary artist. It is a performative speech/act that attempts to bring a new reality into existence.
Julian Hanna ā¢ The 10 Things All Great Manifestos Need
I remember when marijuana was medically legalized in Los Angeles. I would see massive lines out the door of dispensaries in my neighborhood. Looking at everyone waiting for their kush, Iād ask myself, āAre all these people really here for āmedicalā usage? This feels more like legalizing mass addiction to cope with depression, anxiety and god knows ... See more
Tucker Walsh on Substack
Life is fierce and difficult. There is no life we can live without being subject to grief, loss and heartbreak. Half of every conversation is mediated through disappearance. Thus, there is every reason to want to retreat from life, to carry torches that illuminate only our own view, to make enemies of life and of others, to hate what we cannot unde
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self renewal and
emotions contain both wisdom and delusion, and by experiencing them without clinging on, we can integrate their wisdom and let go of the delusion.
Trinley Goldenberg will be in the Bay ā¢ Tweet
emotion and
