Archive for the ‘awesome essays’ Category

The Idler: Regular Sex and Freedom

Friday, April 4th, 2008 | No Comments

Tom Hodgkinson is getting revved up for Spring!
Country Diary 74: Regular Sex and Freedom:
THIS MORNING I ate a triumphant breakfast: toast from home-baked bread, bacon from home-killed and home-cured pig, and egg from our own hens. Needless to say, the taste was far superior to anything you could buy in the supermarket, and the fact [...]

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The Bottom is Not Enough

Thursday, February 28th, 2008 | No Comments

Kevin Kelly is Awesome. ‘Nuff said.
From The Bottom is Not Enough:

Here’s how I sum it up: The bottom-up hive mind will always take us much further than even seems possible. It keeps surprising us in this regard. Given enough time, dumb things can be smarter than we think.
At that same time, the bottom-up [...]

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Howard Rheingold on Collaboration and Being in the Office

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 | No Comments

Howard Rheingold is awesome.
We’ve loved Howard since way back when we were still getting online at 300 baud.
In this video, Howard talks about the new way of collaboration that this changing the face of the world. (Love the suit, Howard!)

By the way, we found this video on Howard’s vlog. It’s an overview of his [...]

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