History Professor, Grove City College; member of @ciceroniansoc "A man is a born historian, or else he is boring"—Ernst Jünger
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1. In 1947, F.G. Jünger lamented the loss of purpose that accompanies technology's encroachment into education, claiming school/education would devolve into the mere amassing of facts, "contain[ing] no forming principle, which would master the subject matter"
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4. Jünger distinguished technology as machine that we revere for its output ("productivity" degrades to "quantity") and stultifying uniformity (think of the Axiom's passengers in Wall-E), versus tools which enhance and extend real human abilities (the pilot turning off OTTO).
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For a beautiful example of how coding can be used as a proper tool, shaping a physical product that awakens our physicality instead of introspective, slop-generating Deadly Hollows, check out the inspirational closing speech by @scumitchell at the recent @BigSkyDevCon this past weekend.
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"There is ... no more infalliable sign of poverty than the progressive rationalization of organization, the comprehensive administration and management of man by a bureaucracy of experts especially trained for the task."—F.G. Jünger (1949)
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For Golden Age riches to manifest beyond just stock market gains, this kind of poverty must be dealt with.
Wouldn't hurt to start with schools & universities.
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An honor to write for War on the Rocks:
warontherocks.com/the-rain-i…
While I share the late @ScottAdamsSays 's critique of analogies as a determinant (excuse) for action, they reward the discerning with understanding.
Sometimes the flashiest parallels aren't what they seem.
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nitter.net/htmx_org/status/206405…
Fascinating observations that brings "refinement culture" from the realm of consumer goods, which many of us buy in a vain attempt to find meaning, into the realm of flags, which should be expressions of meaning already-found. This is 1 of 2 un-spoken, unexplored issues here, and by far the hardest to address.
"good design" has ruined more than flags, btw
worksinprogress.news/p/good-…
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The Way of Ego-Death cleanses us to become "lost" in a life-giving way as we work. Only then can our finished-yet-imperfect product create some wholeness, can produce wholeness in us, the sub-creator, can bring about a bit of wholeness in those who observe and use it.
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This is a deep truth that affects falling in love, marriage, and parenting (neither finding a spouse, nor raising kids in our image/ego), in addition to truly satisfying the other creative and procreative voices calling from within us to make homes, gardens, schools, meals, classes, computers, codes, substack posts, etc.
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nitter.net/htmx_org/status/206405…
Fascinating observations that brings "refinement culture" from the realm of consumer goods, which many of us buy in a vain attempt to find meaning, into the realm of flags, which should be expressions of meaning already-found. This is 1 of 2 un-spoken, unexplored issues here, and by far the hardest to address.
"good design" has ruined more than flags, btw
worksinprogress.news/p/good-…
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An alienated people in a hyper-individualized (and thus hyper-conformist) society can have no corporate meaning. Thus we should not be surprised at their inability to make anything corporately (or even singly) that conveys meaning, delight, a sense of belonging.
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Andrew Mitchell retweeted
"good design" has ruined more than flags, btw
worksinprogress.news/p/good-…
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