I've always been impressed with Quanta Magazines design - both visual and also written content.
They clearly invest in both and the results mean more people can understand more of the essence of the science maths they cover - far more than other well known general readership publications that gloss over the key ideas.
I think Quanta actually won awards for their content design.
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When I did use Linux/BSD as my main OS I used XFCE for years!
It was small and simple enough to stay out of the way - but not so small that it didn't provide useful things like a file system browser, application shortcuts, load monitor and sound volume widgets...
I go to this spot some evenings to get away and help my mind decompress and untangle.
It's at the top of a local hill.
A few other people go there too, I suspect for the same reason as they are always peaceful and calm, watching the sea and sun, some chomping on a sandwich or sipping from a thermos.
When I was a child the idea of memorisation and conformance was equal to academic success, and indeed success in life.
Independent thinking, challenge, tinkering, play.. were definitely not.
And yet invention needs the second.
Did this culture come from British colonialism and "Victorian" education designed to create unchallenging servants? Or did it exist previously? I guess it doesn't explain China's previous education values...
I sometimes listen to NN Taleb who is fervently against large institutions because they squish good culture. He suggests people who make progress do so despite their employer (academia, govt, corporate).
He gives many examples of historical inventors and discoverers who were lucky enough to have the time and resources to play and tinker.
For me this ties into the idea of UBI to free people up to follow their own instincts and not spend 100% of their time surviving.
