Lu wilsontrying to make the most of the year of chaos before it ends
any chaotic blog posts i should write?
okay here's one
NO MORE IDEAS IN THE WORLD
https://www.todepond.com/wikiblogardenite/no/more/ideas/in/the/world/
amazing response from @jonasmerlin, check it out
will write up a response response at some point
chris martens@chrisamaphone @jonasmerlin maybe if they followed the NO MORE IDEAS mindset they wouldn't have made such a grave mistake
Jonas@chrisamaphone @TodePond Maybe this is what following the mindset to its logical conclusion looks like?
@jonasmerlin @chrisamaphone yes perhaps
no more ideas
let your code die
stop computerprogramming
and go outside
@TodePond @chrisamaphone Sorry, I'm not sure I agree 100%
@TodePond @chrisamaphone (It's renewed now, but DNS)
@TodePond @jonasmerlin interesting reflection; thanks for writing it! it has a lot of consonance for me with hank greenâs recent video on why humans are better off for inventing modern conveniences even though we have created a lot of new problems along the way: https://youtu.be/FcbtkVTAyqM?si=683g1vE5Zo0zJkDx
personally, i find this take much spicier than Luâs because iâve spent so much of the last 8ish years swinging the other direction :)
You Are Not Evil
@TodePond @jonasmerlin since you (jonas) mentioned an interest in âutopian thinkingâ, i would also nudge you towards octavia butlerâs adjacent scope of âvisionary fictionâ, especially as elaborated through the lens of community organizing by adrienne marie brown in the book Emergent Strategy. that and jenny odellâs How to Do Nothing have been major influences on my thoughts about novelty and futurism
@chrisamaphone @TodePond Thanks! Love the comparisons and recommendations. I kind of get the feeling that I didn't manage to express precisely what I tried to articulate though. But that's fine, especially as long as the replies are this considerate.
In the context of emergent strategy, I think I'd maybe say that my take was that implementing your own "new" (to you) ideas can be a playful way of gaining real-world experience, with the ultimate goal of creating more possibilities?
@jonasmerlin @TodePond yes! i love that instinct â sometimes the vastness of history can paralyze oneâs creative spirit if we experience an obligation to fully understand it before we are âallowedâ to participate. even if we have an inkling that something we want to do has already been done, thereâs value in trying to reinvent it from your own very personal perspective