• a book [[chapter]].
  • See also: [[PKG book]], [[agora pkg chapter]], [[agora doc]].
  • #oldgo https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BXcGKLsuXgQy2go2lCI54K6Gv-9vV-zeiD_SNl7JZvo
    • Was the only version freely available from [[June 2023]] to [[June 2024]], when the version edited for the [[PKG book]] became available in the Commons.
  • #go https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DXJRDh9Ss5VCRBi3oirDw9d7yjn3H2hMqfN2ETTyjIc/edit
    • Is the [[living document]] that was published in the Commons in [[June 2024]] and I intend to maintain going forward.
  • #pull https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSYDn9CoWlS5MOtgdK4q2etAVDf_IXgDNJE8CKzQ73SGVmSDY5Vd0Azakw9s6ogR7LYADNxG2j-F9Na/pub?embedded=true
    • If you like [[embeddings]] :)
  • Historical [[notes]] from writing and editing follow :)
    • This will be a part of [[pkg book]] if I write it to a good standard before [[2022-09-01]] :)
    • or maybe [[2022-10-30]] ;)
      • after great comments by [[editors]].
  • #meta [[agora doc]] is what will be the actual next deliverable
    • this [[google doc]] has been used for editing rounds after [[2022-09-01]].
    • #push [[2023]]
      • I'd like to set up sync back to the Agora ([[Markdown]]).
      • Ask [[konstantint]]?
      • Try to set up sync on the other direction using [[pandoc]]?
  • #comments from the [[editors]]
    • finish first pass on [[2022-10-28]]
    • second pass with a deadline of [[2022-12-04]]
    • The [[PKG book]] got published in [[June 2023]] 🎊
    • #push [[next action]]
      • Publish in the Commons in [[June 2024]].

Some loose notes about the process of writing/editing this follow, started on [[2022-10-27]] as I'm starting to go through editors' comments to try to get the chapter into a good enough shape to call it done.

First of all, it's super useful and informative (a learning experience) to have professional editors go through the document. Regardless of the outcome I'm glad I get to have this experience!

Second of all, I procrastinated a bit on starting to go through comments due to a pretty irrational sense of fear that the chapter was unreadable/unrepairable. I think it turns out there's plenty to be saved and repurposed for the final draft :) I'm also happy that I took some days off work, as it is indeed the time to dedicate real time to this project in a relatively uninterrupted way.

--

#meta I wonder if anagora.org supports rulers yet or I just dreamt it?

[[2022-11-06]]. [[Five minutes of rest]], so I write here :)

Loving [[termdown]] shaped into my simple [[pomodoro]] script.

Meditating every rest, at least three breaths (~33 seconds).

I got derailed trying to stream myself work in [[yoga with x]]. Having fun in the process, but I must not fool around now too much; I don't want the day to be derailed.

It is currently [[2022-11-06]] [[15:20]]. I'll now shoot for [[eight pomodoros]] on top of the four we've done so far :)

⸎

On it then. First pomodoro ticking, 15m to go.

[[Agora of Flancia]] ~ [[Flanciagora]]?

§

I'm happier with how the structure looks after eight pomodoros today :)

Now [[yoga with x]].

~

Thirteen pomodoros in, three to go. Having fun :)

Hmm, here we are again :)

This is now [[2022-11-28]]. The deadline for the next round of comments is [[2022-12-04]].

(This is my #drishti currently, meaning that I have set it to the number four, representing the date.)

I will now work on a different computer :)

If you somehow found this recording and you don't know what it's all about, you can check https://anagora.org/yoga-with-x and you'll find links to other recordings :)

• #push [[todo]]
  • Wow, I really need to maintain the Agora root repository. I haven't touched it in, well, maybe a year? I need to check. And it is the reason I keep thinking 'the Agora index doesn't read great.'

2023

Still working on this on [[2023-01-02]], enjoying it although I'm a bit delayed :)

My current attitude is: some bits of this are readable, if in need, chop what's not and publish what remains :)

[[2023-01-02]]

I plan to do 4 to 8 pomodoros on this tonight, although friends are coming over, so some of them might be later at night :) And I'm fine with 4.

Let's see how it goes though. It's 17:40 now, but the house is ready and dinner is simple.

[[2023-01-07]]

Back in this part of town! Starting pomodoros at 15. I hope to be able to finish this today. I'm primary oncall for Meet but oncall on weekends is usually quiet; let's see :)

[[2024-06-18]]

Back here one year after publishing this work in the [[PKG book]] to make it available in the [[Commons]] :) What a ride!

• #go https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BXcGKLsuXgQy2go2lCI54K6Gv-9vV-zeiD_SNl7JZvo/edit

Agora Slides

This node or Agora location contains [[slide decks]] that have been produced about the Agora up to date as of [[2023]].

• #go https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MeYviCSxf9shZXmL8pWe6t4iR2spNqiOx0qs3swDsF8/edit#slide=id.p
• #2021 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10OWEuLriQpZzSJGq6vCSozZN4M34CNmEC1IrJxqk8xE/edit#slide=id.p
• #vera https://app.pitch.com/app/public/presentation/766c2727-e6f1-4ccf-b408-904b67bde5c9/5d419430-248b-4e81-a825-921e223c60dd
• #pull [[agora slides 2023]]

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(A directory).

I always assumed that, when people dedicated their work, they all first finished the thing and then wrote the dedication. That would mean dedicating (say) a book as a finished object; something concrete that one has put together and can be offered with few reservations.

Belatedly I've come to realize I'm not that kind of person, so I find myself dedicating a draft instead. Writing these lines as I write them now means dedicating a set of ideas first, and my clumsy implementation of these ideas second -- the latter amounting currently to little more than my well meaning but lofty aspirations.

It seems appropriate, then, to dedicate this fuzzy unfinished thing to a loosely defined group instead of a concrete list of individuals.

To my friends!

-- Flancian, mostly written 2019-2020 (with only light editing since).

7 -- Open Letter to the Agora

• a [[project]].
  • #go https://flancia.org
  • [[Flancia]] is my top level project as of [[2024]] and since at least [[2019]].
    • It encompasses many levels and tries to describe a large scale vision.
    • It tries to be [[fully open]], [[transparent]], [[ethical]]. [[good]] and [[fair]],
  • [[Flancia]] is also a fiction of sorts that I've been writing.
    • In [[Flancia]] they used the [[internet]] to build a global [[Commons]], and they put it to good use for the benefit of all of [[humanity]] and our [[friends]] :)
  • In Flancia there is an [[Agora]]!
    • #pull As of the time of writing (2024) the [[Agora of Flancia]] exists digitally. You're likely reading this in it :)
    • (If you are reading this elsewhere, try visiting https://anagora.org/Flancia to load this in an Agora context.)
    • I dream of seeing an Agora with a million [[people]].
      • That is approximately 2500 [[bolos]] in the [[Widmer]] scale.
      • Perhaps in the future :)

--

2017-2023

See the writing in https://flancia.org, in eternal wait of being edited into something more legible :) If I don't get there properly before I die, please feed it all into a well-intentioned AI in the commons and make what you can of it, or otherwise feel free to use it in any way you can.

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2024

For all I talk about the [[Agora]] as of late, I sometimes feel I don't talk about Flancia enough; it is, after all, to help "build Flancia" that I built an Agora -- meaning mine and [[your Flancia]] more generally -- to help advance all projects that are alike in some particular way: projects that are [[free, fair, alive]] and well meaning, which are for the [[common good]] or for the [[benefit of all sentient beings]].

But in some sense I talk about Flancia a significant chunk of my time, as a lot of what I do has to do with Flancia directly and indirectly. And that is very well as I find it.

I am writing these words in early August. I am finding time to work on the Agora, being either writing, meeting people or coding, and that pleases me. This also manifests in some way through Social.coop. My personal life goes well. I feel like my style of living working on Flancia on my free time is sustainable and enjoyable. I remain committed to the original plan as drafted (however imperfectly/under-edited) in my diaries at https://flancia.org.

I hope to work on the Flancia and the Agora and dedicate myself to others as I can until at least [[2030]] as originally considered, maybe [[2040]] if I live longer, perhaps even until [[2053]] or later if I'm really lucky :)

While I do so, I strive to maintain a sort of custom [[Bodhisattva]] vow.

• a [[poem]].
  • Flancia,
    • o por el bien de los [[seres sentientes]]!
  • Flancia es una épica: la historia de cómo les humanes vencieron a Moloch.
• a [[book]].
  • You're currently reading it.
    • This section is in [[Agora]] Protocol as it is to be meant within the [[Agora of Flancia]]. Feel free to ignore any symbols or words if they distract you. It is fine not to assign them meaning, in particular at first; words should be enough to understand Flancia.
  • Flancia is a book about a [[place]].
    • In [[Flancia]] there is an [[Agora]]. You've found an Agora, so you've somehow found Flancia.
    • In the [[Agora of Flancia]] maps of [[Flancia]] are [[free]].
    • #pull https://flancia.org
• a [[place]].
  • a [[protopia]]
    • It exists, in a way -- it exists in my [[mind]].
  • Perhaps the world after the [[flancian revolution]] or a similar world changing event.
    • The world of the [[flancians]] could be said to be similar to ours, the result of evolution over a material reality that sometimes allows for things to be made better with the application of effort towards the achievement of an [[incremental improvement]].
    • Flancia is, I believe, a place that exists in our hypothetical shared future.
    • You could say Flancia exists in the [[multiverse]].
• a [[project]].
  • [[go]] https://flancia.org
  • I am a [[Flancian]] and this [[Agora]] contains my [[manifesto]].
  • Flancia existed before the Agora but is, I believe, defined in the limit by how the [[Agora]] is put to use towards maximizing [[thriving]] for all [[conscious beings]] via the incremental unlocking of [[public utility]] and the practice of [[altruism]].
  • [[flancia collective]] runs the [[reference agora]].
• a [[set]].
  • of [[people]] and [[things]].
    • (in it there's an [[Agora]].)
  • [[music]]
  • a [[playlist]] https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtG4zc89ZUfH9QoPh2vTP9CgeSK92lEXq
    • [[spotify]] https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5rzXx4oiIVfegouK9DtcdC
    • [[yt]] https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtG4zc89ZUfH9QoPh2vTP9CgeSK92lEXq&feature=share
  • [[gather]] https://gather.town/app/QIOAg71FojwJ7clE/flancia
  • [[chat]] [[flancia discuss]]
• a [[book]].
  • Just kidding. A [[draft]] really.
  • Some possible titles:
    • Flancia, or [[with a little help from my friends]].
    • Flancia, or [[my favourite things]].
    • Flancia, or [[building bridges]].
    • Flancia, or [[an open letter to an open society]].
  • [[flancian]] https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1298701482997538822
  • [[flancian]] https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1298708974364024832
  • [[flancian]] https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1355193365046898689
  • [[flancian]] https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1373677818312278016
• a [[repository]].
  • #pull [[flancia git]]
  • #git https://github.com/flancian/flancia

• a [[collective]].
  • Who works on [[building bridges]] for the benefit of all beings, starting with those of a virtual nature.
  • We [[work in public]].
    • We track [[projects]] and execute them in the open.
    • We try to practice [[open source]] and [[open ethics]].
  • Known [[members]] (roughly in order of joining): - [[flancian]] ~ [[@flancian]] - [[vera]] ~ [[@vera]]
    • [[flancia social impact]] exists in the [[us]] thanks to [[vera]]
      • [[karlicoss]] ~ [[@karlicoss]]
      • [[metasj]]
      • [[abstract fairy]]
      • [[neil]] ~ [[@neil]
      • [[mohammed]]
      • [[luciana]]
      • [[j0lms]] ~ [[@j0lms]]
      • [[will]] ~ [[@protopian]]
      • [[jack kausch]]
    • Reach out to a member of the collective if you are interested in joining!
    • You can opt out of the collective at any moment for any reason. [[Flancia]] is fully optional!
  • We use [[Matrix]]: https://matrix.to/#/#flancia:matrix.org
    • Also occasionally [[Telegram]]: https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=g421619990
    • And [[Open Collective]]: https://opencollective.com/flancia
  • We are very interested in the following! We strive to be open by default and [[prosocial]] in all ventures.
    • Maximizing [[public utility]].
      • [[Altruism]], "effective" or otherwise :)
      • [[Agora]] writing and development.
      • Note taking apps, [[promnesia]] and other projects conducive to individual and social cognitive augmentation
      • Adjacent projects and groups such as [[wikilinks everywhere]], [[moa]], [[fellowship of the link]].
  • See also [[Flancia meet]], a recurrent meeting usually on Saturdays; and [[Agora Discuss]], a room about the Agora project.

Flancia Collective

My take, which is just one of many: I think/hope Flancia Collective is and can be:

[[Commoner]]s. Purveyors of [[Liberatory technology]] and [[Convivial tools]].

[[revolutionary socialist]], [[Anti-capitalist]], [[anarchist]].

Rhizomatic. ([[rhizome]])

Positive and social. Feminist. Caring.

A bit weird. With hat tips to Dadaists ([[Dadaism]]), Surrealists ([[Surrealism]]), Situationists ([[Situationism]]) et al.

Enemies of [[Moloch]]. Fans of [[protopia]].

A distributed, cooperative organisation. And possible more formally a [[Distributed Cooperative Organisation]].

• [[flancia social impact]]

[flancia social impact]: flancia social impact.md "flancia social impact" [//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"

[https://anagora.org/flancia-collective flancia collective in the agora]

[[flancia social impact]]

//anagora.org/flancia-collective

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flancia collective in the agora

• the [[open collective]] behind the [[agora]]
• #same-as [[flancia coop]]

• an [[open letter]].
  • #pull [[open letter to the agora]]

• I've been working, slowly, on a series of [[Agora letters]]:
  • #pull [[Open Letter to the Agora]]
  • #pull [[Open Letter to Google]]
  • #pull [[Open Letter to Flancia]]

• a [[list]].
  • The [[Agora]] is a repository of [[open letters]].
  • #push [[open letter]]
    • [[Open letter to Christopher Alexander]]
      • (Because [[Flancia is a Pattern Language]]...)
    • [[Open letter to the Agora]]
    • [[Open Letter to the Agora of Flancia]]
    • [[Open letter to Maitreya]]
    • [[Open letter to Moloch]]
    • [[Op__en letter to Google]]
    • [[Open letter to Milei]]
    • [[Open letter to Musk]]
    • [[Open letter to Peter Singer]]
    • [[Open letter to Sam Harris]]
    • [[Open letter to Lex Fridman]]

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