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suspending weeklies

In sysadmin on 27 July 2008 tagged blogging, schedules, scheduling, weeklies, writing with no comments

As people have pointed out, I’ve been derelict in living up to the “weekly” name in addressing a question. And I’ve found that I’ve made the silly mistake of delaying writing about other things because I want to get out “this week’s weekly” first. So, I’m suspending them. Which doesn’t mean I’m [...]

how is information flow part of the social reform puzzle?

In reform on 17 July 2008 tagged information, information access, information flow, media, weeklies with 2 comments

Several weeks ago, Charlie DeTar at the MIT Media Lab emailed out some notes (see the end of this post for a transcript) from a casual gathering of affiliates of the Center for Future Civic Media. There are lots of ideas in the email; however, I’m curious about where one in particular leads:

Manuel Castellas [...]

this week: defining progress

In economics on 30 June 2008 tagged diy, diy movement, economic development, economic pressure, illich, market pressure, progress, technological progress, weeklies with 10 comments

Progress is the problem
Illich was the first to point out to me the potentially toxic nature of the idea[l] of “progress.” And I have yet to come up with a satisfactory outlook on how to couch progress in a consistent, empowering, and safe way. I don’t want an asymptotic vision of progress that [...]