“We exchange something very precious for money: our life energy. Do we want to spend our time and energy earning money and contributing to the market economy, or fostering creative pursuits, our relationships, and community, and contributing love?”
Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin Off the Grid and Beyond the American Dream by William Powers
There continues to be a lot of “discussion” concerning AI. I have not taken a stand on this blog, preferring to follow around @apoorplayer and make counter-arguments, which is just sort of …
I have had it with US politics. It’s not because–or not ONLY because–the Trump Administration’s policies (I use the term extremely loosely) are uninformed, haphazard, and …
(This post is the result of writing I’ve been doing on my personal project.]
I’ve been reading Ivan Illich’s 1970 classic Deschooling Society and John McKnight’s The Careless …
I began a new project a few days ago. In many ways, it is the opposite of the Learn in Public orientation. In fact, it is intentionally Learn in Private.
I have been writing (and learning, and …
I wrote this in 2008, and it still is true today:
From Daniel Quinn’s deceptively simple and inspiring Beyond Civilization: Humanity’s Next Great Adventure:
The river I mentioned earlier …
When i largely disconnected from social media, I remembered what it was like to have only my own thoughts to entertain myself. It was the main reason I started reading so much – to make me more interesting to myself!