• a [[chapter]].
  • #go https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DXJRDh9Ss5VCRBi3oirDw9d7yjn3H2hMqfN2ETTyjIc/edit pull
  • #pull https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSYDn9CoWlS5MOtgdK4q2etAVDf_IXgDNJE8CKzQ73SGVmSDY5Vd0Azakw9s6ogR7LYADNxG2j-F9Na/pub?embedded=true pull
  • [[draft]]
    • 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]].
  • See also [[agora pkg chapter]], [[agora doc]].
  • #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]]
    • #push [[next action]]

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.

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#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]]?

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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 pull 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 :)

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 pull
• #2021 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10OWEuLriQpZzSJGq6vCSozZN4M34CNmEC1IrJxqk8xE/edit#slide=id.p pull
• #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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• an [[essay]].
  • [[draft]].
  • I've been meaning to write this for a good while.
  • I sometimes think the second chapter about the Agora in the first [[book]] of [[Flancia]] will be called [[An Agora, or Building Bridges]].
  • See also:
    • #pull [[Agora Chapter]]
    • #pull [[Beyond Markdown and Git]]
    • #pull [[Social Coop Bridge]]

All bridges, it seems to me, start as [[desire paths]] in the sky; like most of the interesting things we find in the space made up of the intelligently-made universe that tends to surround us (what a privilege), they were plans before they materialized.

#Flancia, or [[building bridges]]

• The heart of the [[Agora]] is a protocol for [[building bridges]].
  • #pull [[on building bridges]] [[build bridges]] [[flancia or building bridges]]
  • #pull [[agora protocol]] [[free, fair and alive]]

(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 the (say) book as a finished object, something concrete that one has compiled or created and can then 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 well meaning aspirations.

It seems appropriate, then, to dedicate this fuzzy set of ideas and aspirations to a fuzzily defined group instead of a concrete list of individuals.

To my friends.

May you be happy!

Look, an Agora!

• a [[project]].
  • [[fully open]] [[transparent]] [[ethical]]
  • In [[Flancia]] they used the [[internet]] to build a global [[Commons]].
    • [[agora]]
      • [[agora doc]]
  • #pull [[agora]]
    • #pull [[agora of flancia]] exists. You're reading this in it :)
    • I dreamt of seeing an Agora of Flancia with a million [[people]].
    • [[1m people]] is approximately 2000 [[bolos]] :)
    • call it [[2048]] to make it even ;)

• 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 pull
• 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 pull
  • 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 pull
  • [[flancian]] https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1298708974364024832 pull
  • [[flancian]] https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1355193365046898689 pull
  • [[flancian]] https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1373677818312278016 pull
• a [[repository]].
  • #pull [[flancia git]]
  • #git https://github.com/flancian/flancia

• a [[collective]].
  • [[flancia]] [[matrix room]]
    • #go https://matrix.to/#/#flancia:matrix.org
    • room is [[open]] now, "official membership" to be defined by the collective
  • [[open collective]] https://opencollective.com/flancia
    • within the [[flancia collective]] we track [[projects]] as a team and execute them in the open.
      • we [[work in public]]
        • #pull [[open source]] [[open ethics]]
      • [[matrix]] https://matrix.to/#/#flancia:matrix.org?via=matrix.org
      • [[telegram]] https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=g421619990
    • [[flancia social impact]] exists in the [[us]] thanks to [[vera]]
  • [[members]] (roughly in order of joining)
    • [[flancian]]
    • [[vera]]
    • [[karlicoss]]
    • [[metasj]]
    • [[abstract fairy]]
    • [[neil]]
    • [[mohammed]]
    • [[luciana]]
    • [[j0lms]]
    • [[will]]
    • [[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!
  • the matrix room is open to anyone to join
• if you are otherwise interested with [[cooperating]] with the [[flancia collective]], we are very interested! We strive to be [[prosocial]].
  • Please reach out to [[vera]] or [[flancian]] or any of the other members.
    • our [[goals]]:
  • [[public utility]]
    • [[effective altruism]]
    • our [[projects]]:
    • [[agora]]
      • if you would like to [[join the agora]], please join [[agora discuss]]
    • [[promnesia]]
    • [[wikilinks everywhere]]
    • [[moa]]
  • your project could be here!
• [[push]] [[flancia]]
  • a [[thing]] in [[flancia]].
  • #pull [[flancia discuss]]

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"

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[[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]]

• #pull [[Open Letter to Flancia]]
• #pull [[Open Letter to the Agora]]
• #pull [[Open Letter to Google]]

• 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 Maitreya]]
    • [[Open letter to Moloch]]
      • [[Open letter to Google]]
      • [[Open letter to Milei]]
      • [[Open letter to Musk]]
      • [[Open letter to Peter Singer]]

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