Rosano / Journal

213 entries for 2020

Friday, August 21, 2020

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Realizing that the interface was always creating several layers of abstraction that wasn't necessary to express ideas, at least initially. Work directly with the material.

The word practice is used to indicate a process, a non-binary state, a working towards something, a guiding oneself through the current moment. Other activities advance through directing the body, whereas meditation through directing the mind

[Ask questions before reading the book, perhaps by turning the headings into questions.]

[Explain it to yourself or someone else after, maybe publish your own summary online.]

Monday, August 17, 2020

Sunday, August 16, 2020

Friday, August 14, 2020

Let's talk about work stoppages, generally..

[General strikes work because various industries stopping at the same time lowers the GDP and creates pressure felt by those who fund politicians.]

[It is important to have community networks during a strike so that word spreads to everyone and that the actions are coordinated.]

Friday, August 7, 2020

Thursday, August 6, 2020

Sunday, August 2, 2020

Twelve Virtues of Rationality

Curiosity seeks to annihilate itself; there is no curiosity that does not want an answer.

[Surrender to the truth in the very moment you realize you are resisting.]

As your mind becomes more silent you hear more noise.

Friday, July 31, 2020

Saturday, July 25, 2020

Friday, July 24, 2020

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Nonfiction Writing Advice

[When making a complicated point, start with an example. When making a very complicated point, start with many examples.]

[Republicans don't really care about medical marijuana for its own sake: opposing it is a way to affirm membership in their tribe.]

[Trumps Law: when convincing people who are notoriously inconvincable, use tribal signals to sound like your one of them.]

[Bring up and diffuse counterarguments before your opponents.]

[When writing for a hostile audience, evaluate each sentence for how it sounds taken out of context so as to be prepared when someone eventually does this.]

Friday, July 17, 2020

I don't need to wait for the right moment or be in a special position. Bringing myself to a state is itself the process. I can always pause, reflect, observe.

Saturday, July 11, 2020

[Use municipal infrastructure, like libraries, as hosts for technological infrastructure and points of access to federated systems.]

[Go together through every single feature and every button that can be pressed.]

[Welcome new people to the social media instance as you would at your house party: saying a few words about them, introduce them to everyone.]

[Convincing individuals to switch is nearly impossible because of network effects. Bring the whole community over instead: this way they already know many people.]

Friday, July 10, 2020

Being result-oriented puts value on finishing, and so everything not 'finished' accumulates more dissatisfaction and stress. Being process-oriented puts value on movement, and so every opportunity, even the smallest one, is cause to celebrate.

Finishing is binary.

Monday, July 6, 2020

The passage of time affords reflection, which can decrease the likelihood of following through on bad ideas.