How tools spread
How do tools – ideas and understandings, practices, and real physical tools – get to the people who need them? Some tools may only need… Read More »How tools spread
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Education for the future (5): tools and the wielder
Recap: a foundation for life Education – formal education at least – is concerned with equipping people with tools: skills, knowledge and ideas that will… Read More »Education for the future (5): tools and the wielder
Edmund Burke on virtue, experience and political leadership
Words from the past for the present. … no name, no power, no function, no artificial institution whatsoever, can make the men, of whom any… Read More »Edmund Burke on virtue, experience and political leadership
Driverless Crocodile Knot Course (1): Foundations – The One Knot; or, The Overhand Variations
Disclaimer: I am not much of a climber, nor am I a rope-access technician, nor have I sailed much beyond dingies. Don’t trust your life… Read More »Driverless Crocodile Knot Course (1): Foundations – The One Knot; or, The Overhand Variations
Design Matters (25): Wingèd Urinal à la Toto with istinja spout; or, Fount of Knowledge
Auto flush is commonplace, and I assume you’re familiar with the gamification of urination by way of artfully placed fly transfer, designed to help users… Read More »Design Matters (25): Wingèd Urinal à la Toto with istinja spout; or, Fount of Knowledge
Edmund Burke on Circumstances and Political Principles; or, Context is King
I flatter myself that I love a manly, moral, regulated liberty as well as any gentleman of that society [the English Revolutionary Society, which wrote… Read More »Edmund Burke on Circumstances and Political Principles; or, Context is King
Ceteris Paribus; or, Local Conditions (Surf Lessons #9)
Other things are rarely equal. All things never are. What the ocean does: swell direction and height, wave interval, secondary swell, wind strength, tide (high… Read More »Ceteris Paribus; or, Local Conditions (Surf Lessons #9)
Hannah Arendt on science, language, politics and our future machine overlords
Arendt wrote the prologue to The Human Condition not long after the successful launch of Sputnik raised the first realistic prospect of humanity taking its… Read More »Hannah Arendt on science, language, politics and our future machine overlords
Surfing: Why does it help to arch your back when paddling? (it isn’t for leverage) – Surf Lessons #8
Disclaimer: I’m an intermediate surfer. This post is for people a step or two behind me, so your mileage may vary – let me know… Read More »Surfing: Why does it help to arch your back when paddling? (it isn’t for leverage) – Surf Lessons #8
Jane Psmith on Cargo Cults, local politics and mutual misunderstanding
The latest book review from The Psmiths (Jane, this time) is itself an excellent read. As she says, “forget everything you think you know about… Read More »Jane Psmith on Cargo Cults, local politics and mutual misunderstanding