If you find the list below interesting, you could always subscribe to his newsletter, and as with all Substack newsletters, it can be turned into an RSS feed by adding /feed to the main url, like so: https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/feed. Don't know what RSS is? There's a post for that. h/t to Alan Jacobs for the reminder. … Continue reading L.M. Sacasas’s The Questions Concerning Technology
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Deflationary Individualism
"My considerations of inflation have been limited to discussions on index components, labor/wage dynamics, and menu pricing. I liked the exercise of placing preferences surrounding good, services, and activities on the inflation/deflation spectrum.What are other examples of inflationary/deflationary preferences? And what happens if you place inflation/deflation towards the center of your personal aesthetics? And if … Continue reading Deflationary Individualism
Not So Simple: Notes from a Tech-Free Life by Mark Boyle
"I intended to begin a new life without modern technology. There would be no running water, no fossil fuels, no clock, no electricity or any of the things it powers: no washing machine, internet, phone, radio, or light bulb......What are we prepared to lose, and what do we want to gain, as we fumble our … Continue reading Not So Simple: Notes from a Tech-Free Life by Mark Boyle
Capitalism vs. Price Gouging
Open Question: When does capitalism become price gouging? Strikes me that price gouging is during acute events where people with means cannot buy what they want, i.e., the price mechanism breaks badly enough that it impacts society-at-large rather than a minority. But, so long as it's impacts a minority or is an plausibly deniable externality, … Continue reading Capitalism vs. Price Gouging
A DAY AT THE PARK: [Or Questions & Answers] | Kostas Kiriakakis
"Once you see that an answer is not serving its question properly anymore, it should be tossed away." —Kostas Kiriakakis. "A Day at the Park." Mused. Interesting throughout.
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