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goodthinking@beige.party

<p>Hardened Absurdist. Reformed Optimist. Enthusiastic Vegan.</p><p>Donate to your instance! Include ALT text when you post media!</p><p>Born in 1964. Raised by a pack of wild librarians in white-flight-era 1970s Detroit. NYC-based since 1989, currently in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.</p><p>Smoked a joint with Julian Cope, delivered my own daughter on a kitchen floor, almost barfed on Steve Jobs (not all on the same day).</p><p>I only want an ad-free, chronological feed from smart people. That’s you, thank you.</p>

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    I think of digital pollution the same way I think of light pollution.

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    Brian Eno’s term “scenius” implies what we have now: “obscenius”

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    When you have to boil a gallon of water in a non-inductive pot on a gas burner…

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    This event is tomorrow in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Wish I could be there. In the late 70s, we used to drive from Detroit to A2, just for the film co-ops, which were projected in the UMich lecture halls after dark. #DEVO #Michigan

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    @QueenOfTheCroneAge Not sure which west Mich, but… Chicago is not nothing :-D

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    The thing all the tech companies keep missing is that we don’t really want automation, and we certainly don’t want some uninvited “intelligence” in the room, when we are trying to practice our own. We want augmentation. More strength where we are placing our intent. More agency, not less.

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    @drahardja Scooby-Doo: [pulls Shingy mask off perp to reveal scowling Malcolm Gladwell]

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    @frykitty @sennoma@chaos.social Thanks for this, I’d never had a good term for explaining Counterpart, and time splitting is perfect.

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    “There’s no such thing as repetition.” – Brian Eno

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    You are seeing a global genocide, determined by class.