during 20 some years of asking youth for their advice to adults one response was overwhelmingly constant..
during 20 some years of asking youth for their advice to adults one response was overwhelmingly constant..
perhaps now more than ever, every person occupying the planet ..
perhaps now more than ever, as a people occupying the entire earth, we might take heed .. to
perhaps now more than ever, as a people occupying the entire earth, we might take heed ..
we spend too much time/energy/money.. documenting proving presenting impressing validating regulating defending accusing blaming fighting ..
we spend too much time/energy/money.. documenting proving presenting impressing validating regulating defending accusing blaming fighting ..
there are examples all around us. striking/recent (from the internet’s own boy) is this image of the moakley courthouse. symbolic of many admin spaces. filled with too much paper. too many inspectors. too much inspecting. imagine if we set all these people free.. from policy/policing/regulation..
we need to let people know inspecting each other is not a requirement.
we need to let people know it’s not even of benefit.
in fact it’s keeping us from us.
Neil Gershenfeld talking about personal fabrication (ie: tech facilitating our whimsy/curiosity) redefineschool.com/neil-gershenfeld/
imagine we focus on something better to do with our time. something each one of us – can’t not do.
7 billion people. usefully/happily preoccupied.
currently we have too much.. bureaucracy regulation control ..
..to possibly ever get through to us.
currently we have too much.. bureaucracy regulation control ..
..to possibly ever get through to us. let’s cut it out. let’s cut through to what matters.
currently we have too much.. bureaucracy regulation control ..
..to possibly ever get through to us. let’s just cut it out. let’s cut through to what matters.
what’s the deeper problem affecting us. all.
what’s the deeper problem affecting us. all.
distracting us keeping us asleep pushing us away from us
[image from 1st mtg after netmundial brazil: redefineschool.com/netmundial/ ]
perhaps.. another example of how the too big gets in the way – how control gets in the way – even when that’s what we’re specifically trying to d e f u s e .
we need too big and too small. simultaneously. dancing. tech as it wants to be used. facilitating the chaos of people literally set free. stigmergy ness. this conversation we are seeking can now be 24/7. with 7 billion people. let’s try that. trust that. trust us. let go of control.
shiny good, shiny bad, shiny big, shiny small… there is too much – any/every way.
shiny good, shiny bad, shiny big, shiny small‌ there is too much – any/every way. but perhaps we can use that for good. perhaps that can help us to chill.
shiny good, shiny bad, shiny big, shiny small… there is too much – any/every way. but perhaps we can use that for good. perhaps that can help us to chill. we’ve made control our default. but (now) control is impossible.
1:24:00, in the internet’s own boy, Aaron was asked about how he felt the fight was going: you know, there’s sort of these two polarizing perspectives. right. everything is great. the internet has created all this freedom and liberty. and everything is going to be fantastic. or everything is terrible. the internet has created all these tools for cracking down and spying and you know, controlling what we say. and I think it’s both are true. right. the internet has done both. and both are kind of amazing and astonishing. and which one will win out in the long run.. is up to us. it doesn’t make sense to say oh one is doing better than the other. you know. they’re both true. and it’s up to us which ones we emphasize and which one’s we take advantage of. because they’re both there and redefineschool.com/aaron-swartz/ they’re both always going to be there.
- Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman
perhaps what matters most is figuring out what matters most.
perhaps what matters most is figuring out what matters most.
perhaps what matters most is figuring out what matters most. let’s focus
perhaps what matters most is figuring out what matters most. let’s focus on that.
chill. catch your breath. wake up.
chill. catch your breath. wake up.
for [making/doing/being whatever you want]
aka:
[oh the dance]
[none of us if one of us - ness]
redefineschool.com/everyday/