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It’s hard to talk about “masterpieces” because the concept trades on a theory of aesthetics that is controversial when spelled out (aesthetic value re
The inhabitants of /lit/ see themselves as the victim of anti-canon efforts, as the academy has sought to “decolonise” and expand the curriculum over
A reading revolution is taking place on this notorious message board, most famous for alt-right memes, anything-goes chatter, and large-scale coordina
nossa atenção não é uma coisa, mas uma força modeladora da realidade e orientadora de nossa energia, e que traz o potencial de vivificar o sistema de
“Abrem-se portas e janelas nas paredes de uma casa,Mas é o vazio que a torna habitável...”— Lao Tsè, em Tao Te King
como escreve a artista e dançarina Danielli Mendes, “a falta de vazio em nossas articulações está limitando nossos movimentos, prejudicando nossa orga
Imagining the future is just another form of memory. It’s a kind of forward-looking nostalgia. “The history of utopias is the history of rear-view mir
We live in post-history in the sense that all pasts that ever were are now present to our consciousness and all futures that will be are here now. In
History ends not when the stream of apparently historic events ends,” writes Venkatesh Rao, “but when the world loses a sense of a continuing narrativ
My generic career advice for young people is that if at all possible, you should aim to work on something that no one has a word for. Spend your energ
In my grandma’s time, families had more of a choice about what to pass onto their kids. They could leave certain things out and emphasize the good in
“Your generosity is more important than your perfection.” –Seth Godin
“The work of creating health is the work of creating connection.” –Didi Pershouse
Sustainability, at its core, is simply about making sure that what we use and how we use it today, doesn’t have negative impacts on current and future
A garden is made up of the following parts: Seeds: the content contributed by gardeners, such as text, photos, video, audio, or other digital media. G
ore often than not, the digital gardens of today are botanic—privately owned online spaces made for visitors to fawn over while a “do not touch” sign

We should be skeptical of both utopian and dystopian technology predictions. New tools will amplify both our virtues and our vices, just like every pr
We see something that works, and then we understand it “We see something that works, and then we understand it.” (Thomas Dullien) It is a deeper
Part of what I feel is important right now is to be in the system and to be creating these pockets and spaces and kind of stretching the constraints o
It’s also important to acknowledge that the systems change or innovation scene is not the only place where change and innovation is happening. Real ch

