Thought for the Day

The unspeakable depression of lighting the fires every morning with papers of a year ago, and getting glimpses of optimistic headlines as they go up in smoke.

[W]hile it’s feasible to wander around a smallholding with a trug looking for apples to feed two pigs, it probably isn’t feasible to wander around a largeholding with a trug looking for apples to feed two hundred or two thousand pigs. So there are diseconomies of large scale to the ecological efficiency of the farm’s unbidden bounty.

That doesn't mean it isn't worthwhile

Very interesting long essay about what it is to be unseen, unheard and yet vital. But that professional podcast world? Awful.

I just rediscovered this page, which I first linked to on this day in 2004. Timeless advice that I try to follow when I give and appreciate when I receive.

In my ignorance, I didn't know who Phil Agre was; now that I want to know more, it is hard to do so.

Not sure I can be bothered to expend the effort, but the reasoning is sound.

My argument is "Fuck You. I don't want you to hoover up my content and then sell it without my permission."

Wonderful in so many ways, from the natural to the highly technical.

I don't know why he doesn't post this to his own site. Seems to me airbnb and Medium share certain similarities