Very interesting musing about the technical terms we often use wrongly and how it difficult it is to be understood.

An excellent piece which raises interesting questions about computer literacy. There's indeed be a generation of people before the so called "digital natives" who had to know how computers work. Are we loosing this by cuddling people with too much convenience? How much are we then loosing as a society?

I'm not sure the boundaries are a clear as laid out in this article. That said it's an interesting way to frame things. Also, clearly it's at the intersection of the so called tribes that the most interesting things happen.

Good exercise of prospective for our field. I don't subscribe to all the analyses in there but the value is in at least starting the conversation about it.

Looks like a nice reference of knots for most occasions.

Discovering Kaketsugi, this is a very impressive craft. True labor of love. This is incredible work, feels almost magical. So much patience and attention to details. The amount of analysis which went into it is amazing too.

Definitely one of my favorite novels of all times. To me it is clearly the book which defined Cyberpunk.

Very interesting initiatives... I wonder what they will lead to legal wise.

Interesting exploration on why we see a large resignation movement (at least in the US, the study is US centric anyway). It's clearly not only about wages and they are other even more powerful forces at play. First and foremost: mind your corporate culture.

Good explanation of how repair turned into an art in Japan. It also shows that imperfections can bring values to an object and are part of its history. It makes each object unique.

Interesting account on orality vs literacy. Never occurred to me before this article that orality could be written (somewhat Twitter) and that literacy could be spoken (for example news anchors). This is why you sometimes end up with a) people talking like a book or b) people writing like they talk.

Fascinating piece on how Japan dealt with the arrival of westerners. But also how the westerners did (and still) perceive the relationship with a lot of delusion due to arrogance and racism biases. It is a good example on how the winners tend to attempt to rewrite history.

It also shows how Japan somewhat turned into an inspiration for other Asian countries. I learned a lot.