[S]o many people in the world today lack the opportunity, knowledge and skill to provide even the most basic perquisites of daily life, and I believe this is a silent pathology that eats at contemporary society.

Yup.

I'm pretty sure nothing much has changed in the intervening 28 years.

Thomas PM Barnett seems to be building a combination personal search engine and Zettelkasten called InfoSquirrel and plans to sell it as a service. I doubt I will ever be able to afford it, but it does look interesting and I certainly wish him well.

Always readable.

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."