Hope in Source
78 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWhat are the parallels between faith and open source software? Join Henry Zhu for an off-the-cuff conversation between friends. Check out hopeinsource.com and nadiaeghbal.com/public-faith for the backstory!
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Everyone is "Protestant" Online (L.M. Sacasas)
September 27, 2022 22:54 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBHow do we all act as protestants online? L.M. Sacasas joins Henry (4th time!?) to chat about material/digital culture, how we compensate for natural affordances in new digital interfaces, our inability to account for non-measurable losses, texture vs. frictionlessness, lofi, roguelikes, reality tv, ambient data capture, extracting our private life for gain, how digital space is more of a past rather a place. (Recorded August 2022) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/protestant [00...
Finding Hope Amid Burnout (Alex Kim)
September 27, 2022 22:16 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBWhere can hope be found? Alex Kim joins again to open up questions of responsibility, and our place in relation to times of weariness. He speaks out his experiences growing up and also shepherding a local church body as a youth pastor. We speak amidst the burnout on notions of time, the work of Charles Taylor through Andrew Root, work/play, and living out in hope. Maybe it's what this podcast is attempting to work towards! (Recorded June 2022) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/ho...
Digital Communion (Nick Ripatrazone)
August 29, 2022 15:44 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBCan our digitally mediated environment be spiritual? Nick Ripatrazone takes us through the lens of the Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan, focusing on his not well-known Catholic faith. McLuhan himself describes his testimony into the Church as, "I came in on my knees. That is the only way in." We discuss the topics around inter-textuality, the complexity of life, on form/function within mediums like poetry, concept/percept, ambiguity and paradox, and McLuhan's famous phrase "the...
History is Necromancy (David Cayley)
August 29, 2022 15:44 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBWhat is the place of history in our society? Who was Ivan Illich and how might he be a helpful voice, even in his passing? David Cayley shares about his new book, "Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey". It's not really a biography, and as Illich himself would say, "you can't capture me!" We talk about open source, big tech, and enclosure, history which gives you roots, how tradition and change are intertwined, the many myths/idols of society, on good vs. value, aestheticism, and muc...
Reality is Personal (Esther Meek)
August 25, 2022 03:43 - 43 minutes - 40 MBWhat is the nature of reality? Esther Lightcap Meek speaks of reality as interpersonal, saying yes to life, everyday knowing. We discuss hope as a person-ed affair, how life is a sort of scrabbling together of clues, gift economies, covenant epistemology, on commitment, consent, belonging. (Recorded in November 2021) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/reality Esther: https://www.estherlightcapmeek.com Sections: [00:00] Hope as a Person [01:33] Creative Subsidiary Scrambling [...
The Dorean Principle (Conley Owens)
August 24, 2022 16:23 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBWhy is Christianity so commercialized? Conley shares about The Dorean Principle, his new book which explains this biblical concept of the Gospel being "freely given". We talk about being a colaborer vs. a customer, reciprocity vs. gift, Bible translation, Christian music, copyright and creative commons, and how it all relates to an open source ethos. (Recorded in October 2021) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/dorean. Book: https://thedoreanprinciple.org Sections: [00:00] Supp...
Attending to Silence (Michael Sacasas)
September 01, 2021 19:58 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBHow can we think about digital communication, let alone silence? Is it possible? Michael Sacasas is back to chat about a few of his last newsletter posts: the nature of silence, attention not as a resource, on hope vs. expectations, the arms race of escalation, manufactured needs, askesis or discipline, the commons vs. the public, and trustlessness and codes of law. (Recorded in July 2021) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/silence. Previous: https://hopeinsource.com/limits, http...
Attending to Silence (L.M. Sacasas)
September 01, 2021 19:58 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBHow can we think about digital communication, let alone silence? Is it possible? L.M. Sacasas is back to chat about a few of his last newsletter posts: the nature of silence, attention not as a resource, on hope vs. expectations, the arms race of escalation, manufactured needs, askesis or discipline, the commons vs. the public, and trustlessness and codes of law. (Recorded in July 2021) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/silence. Previous: https://hopeinsource.com/limits, https:/...
Ivan Illich (L.M. Sacasas)
June 18, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBWhy read Ivan Illich today? What does the thought of this radical historian have to bear on our modern tech world? In this episode, Madhu Suri Prakash and Dana L. Stuchul of Penn State University interview L.M. Sacasas on his work as being a sort of bridge or interlocutor of Illich's thoughts. They talk about schooling and inequality in COVID, ways of thinking about technology, a life of planning vs. gift, convivial tools, redemption of work, and more. (Recorded in December 2020) Tr...
Ivan Illich (Michael Sacasas)
June 18, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBWhy read Ivan Illich today? What does the thought of this radical historian have to bear on our modern tech world? In this episode, Madhu Suri Prakash and Dana L. Stuchul of Penn State University interview Michael Sacasas on his work as being a sort of bridge or interlocutor of Illich's thoughts. They talk about schooling and inequality in COVID, ways of thinking about technology, a life of planning vs. gift, convivial tools, redemption of work, and more. (Recorded in December 2020)...
Digital Disembodiment (Maggie Appleton)
April 05, 2021 16:17 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBHow does the digital life shape our perceptions of ourselves? Maggie Appleton starts us off on a discussion of school in pandemic times which lead to a discussion of the disembodiment that technology can create, somehow bringing us further towards our thoughts on time and space? (Recorded in November 2020) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/disembodiment Previously: https://hopeinsource.com/embodied, https://hopeinsource.com/process Maggie: https://twitter.com/Mappletons Henry: h...
Software Tetris (Stephen Kell)
March 09, 2021 17:23 - 42 minutes - 29 MBHow is the state of modern software like losing at Tetris? Stephen Kell joins Henry to chat about Ivan Illich's thought (counter-productivity, radical monopoly, critique of institutions) applied to modern software culture! We talk about the software/hardware arms race, how our default is more is better, tech being all-consuming, the tyranny of updates. (recorded in Dec 2020) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/tetris. Stephen: https://twitter.com/stephenrkell Talk slides: Software...
TabFS (Omar Rizwan)
February 20, 2021 01:02 - 27 minutes - 19 MBWhat happens when we open up browser APIs like a filesystem? Omar Rizwan joins Henry to chat about his latest project, TabFS! We discuss possible extensions, tinkering with scripts vs being a whole "project", writing it yourself, few dependencies, determining your 1.0, literate documentation, and maintaining a newly popular open source project! (recorded in January) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/tabfs. Omar: https://twitter.com/rsnous Henry: https://twitter.com/left_pad Hea...
Essence (Sonya Mann)
February 19, 2021 00:34 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBHow do we think about ourselves and the communities we move into? Sonya Mann and Henry continue a chat about the nature of conversion: about using jargon within a community, individuation, and transformation. Topics include the tools of a worldview, flavors of faith, the good of questions, essence and discovering yourself, hierarchies of reality, interwoven histories. (Recorded in September) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/essence. Sonya: https://twitter.com/sonyasupposedly He...
Reconversion (Sonya Mann)
January 03, 2021 05:22 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBHow does one come to faith, let alone come back to it? Sonya Mann graciously shares some raw thoughts on her re-conversion to Christianity. We cover a lot of ground, going through doubt and spiritual malaise, the phenomenology of faith, fractal reality, "happeningness". (Recorded in September) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/reconversion. Sonya: https://twitter.com/sonyasupposedly Henry: https://twitter.com/left_pad Support Sonya's writing and zines at https://www.sonyasuppos...
Approaching Advent (Alex Kim)
December 09, 2020 19:02 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBWhat is Advent anyway? Alex Kim joins Henry to chat about the season of waiting, memory, our loss and discovery of tradition, teaching ritual as meaningful, a Christian conception of time, and opening ourselves up to hope. Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/advent Henry: https://twitter.com/left_pad Sections: [01:06] A Season of Double Vision [03:47] Reenacting Our Memory [11:17] Being Cognizantly Ritualistic [15:33] Living as Portals [18:26] History as Both Cyclical and Li...
Technology as Process (Maggie Appleton)
November 03, 2020 05:24 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBIs technology just of chips and gadgets? Maggie Appleton joins Henry again in a 2-part chat to discuss how tech isn't such a static thing, building off of Mcluhan's thought of media and Dan Wang's article, "How Technology Grows". We cover how tech itself contains it's own process knowledge involving how it is used, built, and maintained as well as going into digital immortality and the protestant work ethic, and chat about how our cultures are intertwined with tech. Transcript: http...
Embodied Knowledge (Maggie Appleton)
November 03, 2020 05:24 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBCan there be knowledge without a knower? Maggie Appleton joins Henry again in a 2 part chat to discuss how knowledge can be intimately personal, through the work of Michael Polanyi. We cover how knowing is an activity, ambient technology, dualism, Bruno Latour, knowing as faith, learning through liturgy, Jesus as the embodiment of God. We end by asking how we should navigate the post-truth world. Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/embodied. Part 2: https://hopeinsource.com/proces...
S3E8: The Convivial Society (Michael Sacasas)
October 13, 2020 17:49 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBWhat does a convivial society entail? Michael Sacasas joins Henry in the second part of a conversation about Illich and his views of the common good. We speak about Illich's critique against institutions, autonomy and interdependence, the story of the Good Samaritan, learning through apprenticeship and intimate participation, and outsourcing our choices. Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/convivial.
The Convivial Society (L.M. Sacasas)
October 13, 2020 17:49 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBWhat does a convivial society entail? L.M. Sacasas joins Henry in the second part of a conversation about Illich and his views of the common good. We speak about Illich's critique against institutions, autonomy and interdependence, the story of the Good Samaritan, learning through apprenticeship and intimate participation, and outsourcing our choices. Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/convivial. Part 1: https://hopeinsource.com/limits Youtube version (unedited): https://www.yout...
The Convivial Society (Michael Sacasas)
October 13, 2020 17:49 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBWhat does a convivial society entail? Michael Sacasas joins Henry in the second part of a conversation about Illich and his views of the common good. We speak about Illich's critique against institutions, autonomy and interdependence, the story of the Good Samaritan, learning through apprenticeship and intimate participation, and outsourcing our choices. Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/convivial. Part 1: https://hopeinsource.com/limits Youtube version (unedited): https://www.y...
S3E7: Natural Limits (Michael Sacasas)
October 12, 2020 19:10 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBCan we consider our limits as a gift? Michael Sacasas and Henry discuss an understated concept in our modern times, namely our limited nature. We are limited in our ability to control others (parenting), our speech (social media), and our bodies (morality). We pass through a mix of (sometimes heavy) topics: violent games and virtue ethics, parents as gardeners rather than carpenters, the issues of unprecedented scale, modernity as the application of technique, our inclination to believe more ...
Natural Limits (L.M. Sacasas)
October 12, 2020 19:10 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBCan we consider our limits as a gift? L.M. Sacasas and Henry discuss an understated concept in our modern times, namely our limited nature. We are limited in our ability to control others (parenting), our speech (social media), and our bodies (morality). We pass through a mix of (sometimes heavy) topics: violent games and virtue ethics, parents as gardeners rather than carpenters, the issues of unprecedented scale, modernity as the application of technique, our inclination to believ...
Natural Limits (Michael Sacasas)
October 12, 2020 19:10 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBCan we consider our limits as a gift? Michael Sacasas and Henry discuss an understated concept in our modern times, namely our limited nature. We are limited in our ability to control others (parenting), our speech (social media), and our bodies (morality). We pass through a mix of (sometimes heavy) topics: violent games and virtue ethics, parents as gardeners rather than carpenters, the issues of unprecedented scale, modernity as the application of technique, our inclination to bel...
Emotional Programming (Omar Rizwan)
October 05, 2020 18:33 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBWhat can we learn from someone's last tweets? Omar Rizwan joins Henry to chat about the Dynamicland way of thinking: communal, involving the whole person, user agency. We discuss user control, the problem of lists, industrial open source, materiality and embodiment, knowing through doing, and being aware of your emotions when programming. Also (of course) screenshots. (recorded in August) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/emotional. Omar: https://twitter.com/rsnous Henry: https:...
S3E6: Emotional Programming (Omar Rizwan)
October 05, 2020 18:33 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBWhat can we learn from someone's last tweets? Omar Rizwan joins Henry to chat about the Dynamicland way of thinking: communal, involving the whole person, user agency. We discuss user control, the problem of lists, industrial open source, materiality and embodiment, knowing through doing, and being aware of your emotions when programming. Also (of course) screenshots. (recorded in August) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/emotional. Omar: https://twitter.com/rsnous Henry: https://twitter....
MA 16: Philip Gee (#3) on Life After Digital Death
September 22, 2020 05:05 - 33 minutes - 23 MBWhat's life after removing yourself from social media? Philip Gee joins Henry (the last in the "trilogy") to chat about LAT, life after Twitter. We discuss being irrelevant, forcing yourself to think about different things, treating a newsletter like email, restraining your growth, moving to the digital suburbs, engaging with the past, directing your attention and production, being particular and local, making it normal again to not have to create. (recorded in July) Transcript: htt...
MA 16: Philip Guo (#3) on Life After Digital Death
September 22, 2020 05:05 - 33 minutes - 23 MBWhat's life after removing yourself from social media? Philip Guo joins Henry (the last in the "trilogy") to chat about LAT, life after Twitter. We discuss being irrelevant, forcing yourself to think about different things, treating a newsletter like email, restraining your growth, moving to the digital suburbs, engaging with the past, directing your attention and production, being particular and local, making it normal again to not have to create. (recorded in July) Transcript: htt...
MA 15: Philip Guo (#2) on Unlisting Yourself
September 16, 2020 12:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBWhy would you choose to leave the public internet on your own terms? Philip Guo joins Henry (for the 2nd time) to chat about his recent choice to make a minimal public web presence after being on the web for many years. We discuss the logistics of removing social media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube), moving to longer forms of media (podcasts, essays, books), making introductory content, recognizing different stages of your career, being out of touch, freeing your mind for the next thi...
MA 15: Philip Gee (#2) on Unlisting Yourself
September 16, 2020 12:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBWhy would you choose to leave the public internet on your own terms? Philip Gee joins Henry (for the 2nd time) to chat about his recent choice to make a minimal public web presence after being on the web for many years. We discuss the logistics of removing social media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube), moving to longer forms of media (podcasts, essays, books), making introductory content, recognizing different stages of your career, being out of touch, freeing your mind for the next thi...
MA 14: Shawn Wang on Open Knowledge
September 02, 2020 13:02 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBWhat does it mean to be code adjacent? Shawn Wang joins Henry to chat about not just open code but open thinking with his experience in community managing, the idea of tumbling, moderating /r/reactjs, starting the Svelete Society meetup, documenting and learning in public, being historians of our field, fresh notes vs. awesome lists, the meta language, and adoption curves. (recorded in June) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/open-knowledge. Shawn: https://twitter.com/swyx Henry:...
MA14: Shawn Wang on Open Knowledge
September 02, 2020 13:02 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBWhat does it mean to be code adjacent? Shawn Wang joins Henry to chat about not just open code but open thinking with his experience in community managing, the idea of tumbling, moderating /r/reactjs, starting the Svelete Society meetup, documenting and learning in public, being historians of our field, fresh notes vs. awesome lists, the meta language, and adoption curves. (recorded in June) Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/open-knowledge. Shawn: https://twitter.com/swyx Henry: h...
S3E5: Inhabiting a Space
August 28, 2020 23:18 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBDo we think about how the places in which we live are passed down? Bernardo Robles Hidalgo (architect) and Marianita Palumbo (anthropologist) join Henry to chat about living as maintenance. We discuss Bosch, responsibility of taking care of the places we live in, on our desire for comfort, the right to repair, the aesthetic of maintenance, and communal living. (recorded in February) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/heritage/
S3E5: Inhabiting a Space (Bernardo Hidalgo, Marianita Palumbo)
August 28, 2020 23:18 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBDo we think about how the places in which we live are passed down? Bernardo Robles Hidalgo (architect) and Marianita Palumbo (anthropologist) join Henry to chat about living as maintenance. We discuss Bosch, responsibility of taking care of the places we live in, on our desire for comfort, the right to repair, the aesthetic of maintenance, and communal living. (recorded in February) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/heritage/
Inhabiting a Space (Bernardo Hidalgo, Marianita Palumbo)
August 28, 2020 23:18 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MB> Do we think about how the places in which we live are passed down? Bernardo Robles Hidalgo (architect) and Marianita Palumbo (anthropologist) join Henry to chat about living as maintenance. We discuss Bosch, responsibility of taking care of the places we live in, on our desire for comfort, the right to repair, the aesthetic of maintenance, and communal living. (recorded in February) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/heritage MAMA: is a developing spatial practice to whom main...
S3E4: Managing Over-Participation (Working in Public)
August 04, 2020 11:36 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBIs more (information, people, code) always better? Nadia Eghbal joins Henry to chat about her new book, Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software, a deep-dive into the of open source community and how it may paint a picture of online communities in general. They talk about her 2x2 model of communities, the public web (Twitter) to private groups (group chat), the turn to individual creators, and the importance of moderation and boundaries. Transcript at https://hope...
Managing Over-Participation (Working in Public)
August 04, 2020 11:36 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MB> Is more (information, people, code) always better? Nadia Eghbal joins Henry to chat about her new book, Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software, a deep-dive into the of open source community and how it may paint a picture of online communities in general. They talk about her 2x2 model of communities, the public web (Twitter) to private groups (group chat), the turn to individual creators, and the importance of moderation and boundaries. Transcript at...
16: Managing Over-Participation (Working in Public)
August 04, 2020 11:36 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBIs more (information, people, code) always better? Nadia Eghbal joins Henry to chat about her new book, Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software, a deep-dive into the of open source community and how it may paint a picture of online communities in general. They talk about her 2x2 model of communities, the public web (Twitter) to private groups (group chat), the turn to individual creators, and the importance of moderation and boundaries. Transcript at https://hope...
Very Online (Strange Rites)
July 23, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBWhat happens to religion when it meets the Internet? Tara Isabella Burton joins Henry to chat about her new book, Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World. They chat about our failing institutions, taking fandoms like Harry Potter seriously, how we all remix religion, how consumerism infects all of life, on embodiment and givenness, and most importantly, what is our freedom even for? Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/online Tara: https://twitter.com/NotoriousTIB Henry:...
15: Very Online
July 23, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBWhat happens to our religions when they meet the Internet? Tara Isabella Burton joins Henry to chat about her new book, Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World. They chat about our failing institutions, taking fandoms like Harry Potter seriously, how we all remix religion, how consumerism infects all of life, on embodiment and givenness, and most importantly, what is our freedom even for? Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/online Tara: https://twitter.com/NotoriousTIB Henry: htt...
15: Very Online (Strange Rites)
July 23, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBWhat happens to our religions when they meet the Internet? Tara Isabella Burton joins Henry to chat about her new book, Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World. They chat about our failing institutions, taking fandoms like Harry Potter seriously, how we all remix religion, how consumerism infects all of life, on embodiment and givenness, and most importantly, what is our freedom even for? Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/online Tara: https://twitter.com/NotoriousTIB Henry: htt...
S3E3: Very Online (Strange Rites)
July 23, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBWhat happens to our religions when they meet the Internet? Tara Isabella Burton joins Henry to chat about her new book, Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World. They chat about our failing institutions, taking fandoms like Harry Potter seriously, how we all remix religion, how consumerism infects all of life, on embodiment and givenness, and most importantly, what is our freedom even for? Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/online Tara: https://twitter.com/NotoriousTIB Henry: htt...
S3E2: Towards Shalom (Nicole Williams)
July 08, 2020 16:26 - 55 minutes - 39.1 MBWhat does flourishing look like? Nicole Williams joins Henry to chat about faith in a less reductive way (than many of us may of grown up with): on rationality, the Church as a body, education, liturgy, family, being productive, and simply doing things for it's own sake. Was rather hard to say what we were getting at until the very end, all tying back to a picture of shalom! Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/shalom Nicole: https://twitter.com/nwilliams030 Henry: https://twitter.com/left...
Towards Shalom (Nicole Williams)
July 08, 2020 16:26 - 55 minutes - 39.1 MBWhat does flourishing look like? Nicole Williams joins Henry to chat about faith in a less reductive way (than many of us may of grown up with): on rationality, the Church as a body, education, liturgy, family, being productive, and simply doing things for it's own sake. Was rather hard to say what we were getting at until the very end, all tying back to a picture of shalom! Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/shalom Nicole: https://twitter.com/nwilliams030 Henry: https://twitte...
14: Towards Shalom
July 08, 2020 16:26 - 55 minutes - 39.1 MBWhat does flourishing look like? Nicole Williams joins Henry to chat about faith in a less reductive way (than many of us may of grown up with): on rationality, the Church as a body, education, liturgy, family, being productive, and simply doing things for it's own sake. Was rather hard to say what we were getting at until the very end, all tying back to a picture of shalom! Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/shalom Nicole: https://twitter.com/nwilliams030 Henry: https://twitter.com/left...
S3E2: Towards Shalom
July 08, 2020 16:26 - 55 minutes - 39.1 MBWhat does flourishing look like? Nicole Williams joins Henry to chat about faith in a less reductive way (than many of us may of grown up with): on rationality, the Church as a body, education, liturgy, family, being productive, and simply doing things for it's own sake. Was rather hard to say what we were getting at until the very end, all tying back to a picture of shalom! Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/shalom Nicole: https://twitter.com/nwilliams030 Henry: https://twitter.com/left...
S3E1: Legacy
June 01, 2020 15:00 - 47 minutes - 33.1 MBWhy do we so easily forget where we come from? Dr. Timothy Patitsis joins Henry again to chat about the affect of legacy on our lives through the language of standards, language diversity, being a melting pot or mosaic, Chesterton's fence and legibility, Jane Jacob's tripartite society, algorithmic control and agency, sanctification and faith as an adventure. Michael Polanyi says that "a society which wants to preserve a fund of personal knowledge must submit to tradition". Transcript at htt...
S3E1: Legacy (Timothy Patitsis)
June 01, 2020 15:00 - 47 minutes - 33.1 MBWhy do we so easily forget where we come from? Dr. Timothy Patitsis joins Henry again to chat about the affect of legacy on our lives through the language of standards, language diversity, being a melting pot or mosaic, Chesterton's fence and legibility, Jane Jacob's tripartite society, algorithmic control and agency, sanctification and faith as an adventure. Michael Polanyi says that "a society which wants to preserve a fund of personal knowledge must submit to tradition". Transcript at http...
Legacy (Timothy Patitsis)
June 01, 2020 15:00 - 47 minutes - 33.1 MBWhy do we so easily forget where we come from? Dr. Timothy Patitsis joins Henry again to chat about the affect of legacy on our lives through the language of standards, language diversity, being a melting pot or mosaic, Chesterton's fence and legibility, Jane Jacob's tripartite society, algorithmic control and agency, sanctification and faith as an adventure. Michael Polanyi says that "a society which wants to preserve a fund of personal knowledge must submit to tradition". (Recorded...
MA 13: Jordan Scales on Nostalgia and Not Taking Yourself Too Seriously
May 26, 2020 15:30 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBWhy attempt to faithfully recreate the past? Jordan Scales joins Henry to chat about 98.css, design systems, being pixel perfect, accessibility, the Microsoft Windows User Experience reference manual, using VMs, MSPaint and Figma, whimsy and having fun with coding, creating satire at no one's expense, and even how Babel's Guy Fieri meme could of been Jeff Goldblum in another universe. Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/nostalgia Jordan: https://twitter.com/jdan Henry: htt...