A politics of affection
Affection, in the sense that I mean it, is a broad kind of love: a gentler, more abiding, more generous way of feeling-toward, and of… Read More »A politics of affection
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Michael Oakeshott on political activity and continuity
Those societies which retain, in changing circumstances, a lively sense of their own identity and continuity (which are without that hatred of their own experience… Read More »Michael Oakeshott on political activity and continuity
The giving of strength; or, Community
Our lives together – in homes, at work, in social spaces and on the street; in government; wherever two or more of us meet –… Read More »The giving of strength; or, Community
Different leagues
Different Choose well. See also: Champion, or Ways to Win (1)Champion (2)World without ends (on infinite games)Samo Burja: Live and Dead PlayersC. Thi Nguyen: Games,… Read More »Different leagues
A different league
If your league sits somewhere on a long ladder of leagues – leagues defined by playing the same game better or worse than all the… Read More »A different league
Nostalgia Revisited
Nostalgia: a kind of homesickness for the past. Another way of putting it: the longing you will have in future for the places and people… Read More »Nostalgia Revisited
Layar Tancap (If you build it, they will come)
If you build it… … then they will come. You don’t have to have all that much, and they will come.
Resource: Seth Godin on Impresarios
These 2014 videos are great – full of models and thoughts about how to create value out of nothing by gathering people together. It’s not… Read More »Resource: Seth Godin on Impresarios
Our problem
They say a problem shared is a problem halved, but it gets better than that: some burdens feel much less than half as light when… Read More »Our problem
Voices
This is true all the time, but it’s more relevant than ever in months like the one we’re having, and probably for several months ahead:… Read More »Voices