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politics
No, no, you don't understand. I don't give a fuck about politics. I just care about being engaged in the world and Doing Things. We don't have a political structure which holds the terms for what it is I believe.
Fuck your flag, it becomes a box. -
tools and crutches
Over a RepRap I was asked why I advocated against laptops at Jigsaw. I had difficulty explaining it. As a builder of communities, I staunchly support face-to-face interaction. As a Transhumanist, I understand the usefulness of Internet and laptop use to accomplish things ( Read more... ) -
Time Capsule
Listening to a Radiolab episode on space capsules... how to indicate to an alien race what we're like. All of them are quirky, passionate, hopeful. It's the best of the human race, or at the very least a sidelong look at our more complex sides ( Read more... ) -
language kick
Watching this youtube video with my new boss this morning, I had a lovely realization about language and censorship ( Read more... ) -
action
How does one encourage an agenda of action in others ( Read more... ) -
Ignite!
I'm presenting an Ignite tonight at the King Cat Theater. Show starts at 7:30, I go on in the second track (starts at 9:30). Will be talking about Jigsaw Renaissance, the maker space I've had the honor to participate in set-up for. Please do come out. -
SciFi
I only started reading scifi about 7 years ago - not that long, if you think about how long the majority of my social groups have been reading it. I used to be a fantasy kid. Yup. And while I've been into the social aspects of the Internet since I was in middle school, the actual workings of computers and how we use them never occurred to me as ( Read more... ) -
Relevance Follow-Up
I want to hear from you. What did you think of the Relevance Challenge ( Read more... ) -
Relevance
It is now possible to post without an LJ account. Apologies.
I want my Future back.
I want the Web 2.0 I was promised, a user-backed web in which we are the machine. I etched that message into my skin1, I believe in it so much. We get to work together to decide where we go ( Read more... )
