Kevin Kelly: AI dreamin’
Such stuff as dreams are made on I have a proto-theory: That our brains tend to produce dreams at all times, and that during waking… Read More »Kevin Kelly: AI dreamin’
Stuart Patience
Sharky’s tips for travelling
These excellent tips were prepared by my sister, an inveterate* traveller and former guidebook writer, for her kids in advance of a road trip and… Read More »Sharky’s tips for travelling
Roots of Rock and Roll: Gus Cannon; Leadbelly; Blind Willie Johnson
I’ve been listening to a lot of early recordings and these three are favourites. Gus Cannon – He’s in the Jailhouse Now Gus Cannon was… Read More »Roots of Rock and Roll: Gus Cannon; Leadbelly; Blind Willie Johnson
Never the same
Gregor’s quest reunites him with his bat, Ares, and the rebellious princess Luxa. They descend into the dangerous Waterway in search of the Bane. If… Read More »Never the same
Alasdair MacIntyre on virtue and practices (2): Internal and external goods
… the range of practices is wide: arts, sciences, games, politics in the Aristotelian sense, the making and sustaining of family life, all fall under… Read More »Alasdair MacIntyre on virtue and practices (2): Internal and external goods
Alasdair MacIntyre on virtue and practices (1): What is a practice?
In the Homeric account of the virtues — and in heroic societies more generally — the exercise of a virtue exhibits qualities which are required… Read More »Alasdair MacIntyre on virtue and practices (1): What is a practice?
Inheritance: unearned
For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do… Read More »Inheritance: unearned
More conversations and fewer announcements: Seth Godin on the elevator pitch
The best elevator pitch doesn’t pitch your project. It pitches the meeting about your project. The best elevator pitch is true, stunning, brief and it… Read More »More conversations and fewer announcements: Seth Godin on the elevator pitch
The Unicorn of Despair: Tim Urban on intergenerational differences in defining success
“Sure,” Lucy has been taught, “everyone will go and get themselves some fulfilling career, but I am unusually wonderful and as such, my career and… Read More »The Unicorn of Despair: Tim Urban on intergenerational differences in defining success
The giving of strength; or, Community
Our lives together – in homes, at work, in social spaces and on the street; in government; wherever two or more of us meet –… Read More »The giving of strength; or, Community