2021-12-27

• worked today for as long as I planned to, then did one pomodoro on the [[agora]]. it felt good.
• [[the witcher]] season 2
  • thought about [[magic]]
    • thought of one possible (fictional) explanation for why magic could have worked, then gone away from the world.
• [[vera]] coded [[hover]] behaviour for the [[agora]], gave it a try, feeling nice
• [[push]] [[meditation technique]]
  • [[box breathing]]
  • count up one after a full inhale+exhale cycle
  • optionally factorize number or run f(n) on the exhale, this seems to help retention/focus
  • primes feel like rest in a nice way
  • optionally attach thoughts / projects / items to numbers
  • numbers 1..7 are currently attached
• [[push]] [[knowledge commons]]
  • [[neil]] called out that [[commoning]] is as important as the [[commons]], should include this
  • [[commoning]] as the way to solve to coordination problems?

2021-12-27

• [[Knowledge commoner]] > [[Knowledge worker]]

• Last [[node club]] of 2021! I am going to look at [[gift economy]]. (I was originally going to look at [[totalitarianism]] as I'm reading [[V for Vendetta]] but this feels a bit more festive). I am interested how gift economies relate to / differ from [[mutual aid]] and [[commoning]].

• Reading [[V for Vendetta]]

• [[Gift economy]]

Giving lives in a domain ranging from deep symbolism to basic housekeeping. It is the currency of the small-scale resilient community. It is sometimes magic, in that some kinds of gift can be given over and over again without loss—love, for example, and (in a different sense, since time cannot really be replenished) the gift of reciprocal service to each other. The “reciprocal” part happens, but not by arrangement. This is the opposite of transparency: you cast your gift upon the waters, and what comes back is trust.

– [[Lean Logic]], Gifts

• [[How I take notes]]

• [[Distributed digital gardens]]

• [[Joseph Beuys]]

• Listening: [[PALACES FOR THE PEOPLE: the future of public libraries]]

  • [[public libraries]]