flâneur

Thomas Stubblefield

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  • Johanna says I made her realize that she didn’t need anyone’s permission to pursue her curiosity. I say she took that and just ran with it—lugging home shopping carts’ worth of books from the university library, self-teaching everything she felt she lacked, doing her own research. The first half-decade, as we moved in together and had our first child, was an explosion of Becoming. Johanna grew and changed beyond recognition, leaving the girl I had fallen in love with behind to transform into deeper versions of herself. The idea that led to the island was, in many ways, something I had nurtured…
    Love is to be invested in someone’s continual expansion
  • Our practice is to select the most promising applicants and have them come to Washington to be interviewed by a number of our people. For example, we recently selected 5 officers of 17 who came to Washington. The 17 had what appeared to be the best records of about 40 who applied. What I look for in an officer is a high degree of intelligence, enthusiasm, willingness to accept responsibility, and the ability to carry through — to get things done on his own, and despite obstacles. Our work is so new, and so vast in its scope; it is increasing so rapidly, that we must have people who are capable…
    Rickover and Policy Entrepreneurship - by Charles Yang
  • erik torenberg on emotional capacity: over your life, there are going to be thousands of times you get triggered. how you respond determines the quality of your relationships. the more offended you are and the more you respond from an insecure or entitled place, the more you push people away. when you’re secure, you don’t let fear of rejection hold you back. when you’re positive-sum (”full of love”), you genuinely root for other people’s flourishing. security and self-respect are a by-product of being a person you’d respect — hard work you’re proud of, not a crutch. no shortcuts.
    life updates, 2026 q0.5 - by Hardeep Gambhir
  • Any programme for developing hypermedia must ensure that the whole population can have access to the new on- line services.
    Barbrook_Richard_Cameron_Andy_1996_The_Californian_Ideology.pdf
  • In 1981, France Telecom launched the Minitel system which provided a mix of text-based information and communications facilities. As a monopoly, this nationalised telephone company was able to build up a critical mass of users for its pioneering on-line system by giving away free terminals to anyone willing to forgo paper telephone directories. Once the market had been created, commercial and community providers were then able to find enough customers or participants to thrive within the system. Ever since, millions of French people from all social backgrounds have happily booked tickets, chat…
    Barbrook_Richard_Cameron_Andy_1996_The_Californian_Ideology.pdf
  • Despite its deep contradictions, people across the world still be- lieve that the Californian Ideology expresses the only way forward to the future. With the increasing globalisation of the world econ- omy, many members of the 'virtual class' in Europe and Asia feel more affinity with their Californian peers than other workers within their own country. Yet, in reality, debate has never been more possible or more necessary.
    Barbrook_Richard_Cameron_Andy_1996_The_Californian_Ideology.pdf
  • The search for the holy grail of 'Artificial Intelligence' reveals this desire for the Golem—a strong and loyal slave whose skin is the colour of the earth and whose innards are made of sand. As in Asimov's 'Robot' novels, the techno-utopians imagine that it is possible to obtain slavelike labour from inanimate machines (Asimov, 1986a & b). Yet, although technology can store or amplify labour, it can never remove the necessity for humans to invent, build, and maintain these machines in the first place. Slave labour cannot be obtained without somebody being en-
    Barbrook_Richard_Cameron_Andy_1996_The_Californian_Ideology.pdf
  • In many cyberpunk novels, this asocial libertarian- ism is personified by the central character of the hacker, who is a lone individual fighting for survival within the virtual world of information
    Barbrook_Richard_Cameron_Andy_1996_The_Californian_Ideology.pdf
  • For instance, the personal computer was invented by amateur techies who wanted to construct their own cheap machines. The existence of a 'gift economy' amongst hobbyists was a necessary precondi- tion for the subsequent success of products made by Apple and Microsoft. Even now, shareware programs still play a vital role in advancing software design (Palfreman and Swade, 1991).
    Barbrook_Richard_Cameron_Andy_1996_The_Californian_Ideology.pdf
  • the Californian Ideology promiscuously combines the freewheeling spirit of the hippies and the entrepreneurial zeal of the yuppies
    Barbrook_Richard_Cameron_Andy_1996_The_Californian_Ideology.pdf