2022 - To Read

a @visakanv@twitter.com -inspired thread to document [[100 steps to success]] https://rosano.hmm.garden/01ev1wh0nnpt3nkq2r8msvw9a2

a good message to internalize going into 2022 Start Often Finish rArely https://tilde.town/~dozens/sofa/

Attention restoration theory suggests that mental fatigue and concentration can be improved by time spent in, or looking at nature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_restoration_theory

"Play & learn about musical scales from around the world." There sure are some wonderful sounds out there. https://femurdesign.com/omni/

The house needs some art and colors on its walls. I’m not found of hanging my own works where I live. So I start here a thread of ideas, suggestions of artists selling their works in print.

An artist exploring complex feelings with simple shapes — mediums include digital, collage, sculpture, and traditional painting.

Generative art, limited edition pen plotter prints, and other work by Matt DesLauriers.

mechanical plotter drawings and art prints by anders hoff / inconvergent

Inken Stabell is a German fine artist and illustrator best known for landscape etchings.

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Social media and many other facets of modern life are destroying our ability to concentrate. We need to reclaim our minds while we still can

Post four books you're excited to read this year https://t.co/1dDxktySWF pic.twitter.com/5djKn2VoPv— Toby (@tobyshorin) December 26, 2021

One of my medium-confidence conjectures is that intelligence is actually maladaptive on sufficiently rich frontiers. Due to various effects like the double morton effect that lead to survival of the stupidest... for a while https://t.co/0XA1Y4eNmU— Venkatesh Rao (田 ) (@vgr) December 27, 2021

It's interesting to think about the biggest things our culture hasn't really come to terms with - indeed, many people are in denial about— Michael Nielsen (@michael_nielsen) December 28, 2021

Is there a canonical version/account of the idea that “the difference between craft and art is risk”? I’ve heard versions of this over the years but never thought to look for a specific source.I assume the risk meant is usually that of profaning sacredness. Is this right?— Venkatesh Rao (田 ) (@vgr) December 28, 2021

(point one of alexander's "fundamental differentiating process" of course: https://t.co/ZIAKEgm47R)— dorian (@doriantaylor) December 29, 2021

Holding in CommonA short reflection to end the year https://t.co/hS8DPoB49B— kei 🗝️ (@keikreutler) December 28, 2021

Wow: when humans were hunting whales, the whales were sharing tips about avoiding hunters. “Our analysis provides substantial support for rapid (less than 20% generation time, so much too fast for genetic evolution) social learning over large spatial scales.” Via @SteveStuWill pic.twitter.com/zZIn7KzMrx— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) December 29, 2021

i’m optimistic about ‘gardens’ as people are already writing and hosting in their own spaces and it’s not just techies. just needs a good subscription mechanism maybe…— Rosano (@rosano) December 30, 2021

@migurski I think this bit sticks with me as one of the more helpful sets of words to useMany people show up to "solve problems" but what sits before them are in fact "messes"and the "mess-to-problem" machine isn't therehttps://t.co/56W1Eofvzb pic.twitter.com/8wvPUyXFiC— Dave Guarino (@allafarce) December 30, 2021

how do you explain great technical infrastructure design to people who are not used to thinking in distinct and composable layers?— tobi lutke | tobi.eth (@tobi) December 30, 2021

people talk about apps, but apps sit on a stack of layers (incomplete): frameworksuser spacekernelmicrocodecpualu/cache/registers/ramgateselectricityand each of those is not that hard to reason about if you ignore the other layers— tobi lutke | tobi.eth (@tobi) December 30, 2021

"a Thinkertoy is something quite specific.."https://t.co/1j5J6narAo— ken (@chumulu) December 31, 2021

"...text that is experienced as nonlinear, or, more properly, as multi-linear or multi-sequential" -- Landowhttps://t.co/vNxqvVYmOG— ken (@chumulu) January 1, 2022

#book pic.twitter.com/wkffJVLhze— Michael Levin (@drmichaellevin) December 31, 2021

A browser for the 8088! Hard core:https://t.co/EruiK6lQGR— Trevor Flowers 🌸🌸 (@TrevorFSmith) January 1, 2022