Some practical (?) suggestions on what to do about social media.
https://asd.learnlearn.in/understand-social-media-role-in-democratic-backslide/
After years of work DebConf23 Kochi starts today with DebCamp. Excited to see and meet everyone.
The Land of Spices Hosts the 24th Debian Conference, DebConf'23!
https://www.thedroptimes.com/34115/land-spices-hosts-24th-debian-conference-debconf23
How do we hold debates and reach productive solutions to the problems of the world? Words matter. But how exactly do we use words? All of those problems are addressed in this book
https://blog.learnlearn.in/2023/09/how-to-talk-with-people.html
I just read this book and it confirms my long held suspicion about #management. That positive feedback is much better than negative feedback at helping people grow
https://blog.learnlearn.in/2023/09/dont-shoot-your-colleagues.html
The conflict resolution guideline of social.coop seems really nice.
When we are learning a subject over years there are stages you cross after which if you look back you would be like "wow! I can't believe this used to be so difficult one year ago". Just saw this talk about that in mathematics and teaching mathematics. I have felt it in every subject.
Part 1: https://youtu.be/zHU1xH6Ogs4
Part 2: https://youtu.be/4HFyWC-YtIk
I found this article valuable. It is about communication tricks that are helpful in places where trust is low. But it works well everywhere.
Around two-three months since I've been thinking about this too. Not all books are meant to be. Not all chapters are meant to be. We would all be better off if we thought about books as youtube videos.
https://maryrosecook.com/blog/post/is-this-a-good-book-for-me-now
I have an RSS feed reader diligently fetching feeds every x minutes. I haven't visited it in the last 6 months.
Using ChatGPT to write one-off scripts for odd jobs. Almost feels like cheating.
Anarchy is the eagerness to see the infinite potential in all human beings.
Next experiment
I don't have any special relation with any language. I just have a few languages I know that I use based on the context.
This article kind of relieves me off the pressure to be in love with a language.
https://komalpatil1210.medium.com/mother-tongue-and-the-story-of-my-childhood-trauma-6a52d1795ce4
This starts out as a video on "communication", but soon becomes an anarchist guide on how to engage with the hierarchical world powerfully.
It is only after I canceled absolutely everyone that I started finding ways to love everyone.