In case there are any obvious conclusions I'm missing:
What do people think the biggest lessons from the history of the web are? What do you hope "comes back", what are you hoping stays dead, and what do you hope is to come?
I'd appreciate RTs (and long detailed replies lol)!
Really sad how we have compartmentalized and created dichotomies for ways of thinking, feeling for "creative" "artistic" pursuits and logical, analytical ones. Sucks that there's a schism between art and science
Ever wonder what if physics, math was taught alongside or via fine arts/performing arts? How interesting the pedagogy would be
Imagine learning about food science, biochemistry along with cooking! or fashion design, sewing, drapery along with Non-Euclidean geometry
@impactology Derek Baileys writings on improvisation and discussions with Steve Beresford on 'conduction', as well at the works by Alvin Lucier on feedback music were more illuminating for me understanding social systems and socio technological systems - far more interesting than my social sciences course.
Admittedly it does not make it easier as a technologist among either IT engineers or hackerspace types but it gives me 'special sauce' regarding understanding the world and possible solutions
@jon No need to joke, there would be demand for it.
Think about nocternal groups.
One could run hackathons for instance on some carriages and midnight screenings of films at others.
Who knows, such scenes could cross fertilize in unexpected ways.
Imagine how fun it could be to realise you are (unexpectedly) getting tired and having an app that could take you to a random B&B at the next stop at 2am!
Imagine the exploring the next morning based upon such serendipity!
@jon I thought it would be great to run a night train service as a nightclub, time the terminal destination to arrive at 4am, so that people can make the most of their Friday getting there.
The rest of you may consider yourself Innocent Victims of Awful Humor (you can also mute the thread), or you can try to Sir Vive (the hardiest knight at the round table) by moving up and into the breach with your own horrid Sir Gesstions (the most 'splainy knight at the round table).
Anyway, here goes. Most of you have heard most of them before.
@strypey Its interesting to raise the "hacker" identity in contrast to "activist".
Perhaps it would be ideal to throw "artist" into the mix - so then you have triangle of tribal archetypes (social; technical; artistic).
Naturally, theres a lot of intersectionality going on which could be a consequence of a range of complicated and uncomplicated factors, which could dynamically reposition because of environmental adaption, changing dynamics of utility and fashions.
Rather than kowtow to #corporate demands about content, #JonStewart has chosen to end his show on #Apple+. #Media#censorship of even basic liberal content is pervasive. Folks with actual leftist views have almost no chance of being heard.
Any time I hear politicians or journalists use the word "terrorist" I read it as a clear sign of bias and trying to imply that one side is evil and therefore any action is justified.
There are no terrorists, just people, some of whom are (war) criminals.
Replace terrorist with your favorite "evil" race from fantasy. eg. orc.
We can happily listen to Gimli chatting about enjoying hewing orc skulls, because they're not human. "Terrorist" is designed to make us feel that way about other people.
@dentangle Now in fairness, there are people within any community who consider extreme physical acts to be legitimate.
Terrorist is indeed an overused term which can hint more at the bias of the person making the description.
However, this word should not be rooted out from discourse, lest it removes the ability of others within a community to isolate the most violent within their own community.
Read up on Orwell's discourse on #duckspeak if you want to understand my point a little clearer.
@dentangle I get what you are saying, so no worries.
I also respect that you are speaking in general terms rather than provoking people through use of precision.
Indeed, widening the vocabulary is the most appropriate thing.
As an example, I was remembering the history of Roger Casement - who is multifaceted, particularly his legal defense being of more importance than any outcomes from the reasons for his incarceration.
What COVID19 has taught us about the Zombie Apocalypse is that there will be zombie denialists, zombie virus infection parties, zombie conspiracy theorists, and politicians ruthlessly exploiting lies about zombies to kill off demographics who won't vote for them—and when a vaccine against Z-virus is invented there will be zombie anti-vaxxers (some of them funded by the Kremlin for shits and giggles).
@tdverstynen@cstross While not a zombie film, the Chilean film, The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet has a very creative and effective satire on the pandemic.
A common theme I have observed in discussions about Gaza is that when someone points out that bombing civilians is not an acceptable way to combat terrorists, they are asked to provide another solution.
This is a clear case of solutionism. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict generally and Gaza in particular are wicked problems par excellence.
So looking for a "solution" is counterproductive to begin with. There is no "solution", there are only incremental steps to make things less bad.
@mfamelis Serious situations can be measured in weeks, days, hours, steps.
Few things are linear in life.
When it comes to anger, hate and violence its important to point to any benchmark or any glimmer that detente; progress; and peace are possible. We can stream murder or we can holler that peace is achievable.
The Coal and Steel Pact was another example, where people decided to look at the world differently and use lateral approaches to foster collaborative reinforcing behaviour.
I guess calling Michael Gove a wanker for liberal reasons makes me an extremist:
> Government officials have drawn up deeply controversial proposals to broaden the definition of extremism to include anyone who “undermines” the country’s institutions and its values,
> ...
> The documents state: “Extremism is the promotion or advancement of any ideology which aims to overturn or undermine the UK’s system of parliamentary democracy, its institutions and values.”
> #DavidSquires on … Sir #BobbyCharlton Munich, glory and heartbreak
> The Manchester United legend, who died last week at 86, said he thought about the crash and his fallen teammates every day
> Nearly half (44 per cent) of the 845 workers interviewed as part of the inspections raised welfare issues including racism, wage theft and threats of being sent back home.
> On most of the inspected farms, there were allegations of mistreatment or discrimination and more than 80 per cent of workers interviewed on the three most complained about farms raised an issue of some sort.