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Grand Poobah Problems: amount of time I have to spend compiling and communicating things I've already figured out, vs amount of time I have left over for new research and exploration.

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"Oooh this is a good article for my masterpost of web luddism NO WAIT the author's hobby is being transphobic on Twitter, so let's file that under BIG NOPE" (But it sucks that I needed to have been on Twitter for a while to like, become aware of this...)

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Article: Disconnection Reading List

First of a series of posts for this weekend about disconnection/the web - this one's focus is on sacred texts. They ought to be read one at a time, and reflected on; there's also a collection of quotes for study and contemplation, and also to give you a feel for what each of the texts is like.

The concept of the Reading List is, essentially, a stand in for the Bible - and in particular, it's inspired by my Jehovah's Witness in laws. They practice Bible Study - the organisation sends out magazines for members, who then get together once a week to go through an article and discuss it together. I don't like organised religions, and I don't like the ritualistic-consensus I overhear murmured from the living room at these times - somewhere between a get together over tea and cake, and a collective enforcement of groupthink, where friends are tasked to police one another's devoutness.

Nonetheless, this idea of meeting a couple of like-minded friends for a religious book group has really stuck with me - as an activity both social and spiritual, a spiritual practice in its own right - not just a medium through which spirituality is achieved.

I mention this, I suppose, to communicate my intentions for this post - which is not that you skim read it and give me a like, but make time to engage with each of the texts in turn. The internet trains us to engage in certain ways, but ultimately it's just a set of tools for delivering texts to one another; I'm not sure what the etiquette is for dictating how someone ought to engage with your content, or if such etiquette has ever been developed. (And I'm a hag for attention, so like, also skim read it if that's what your level of interest is) 

But what I want to communicate is my intention for how posts in this series are there for: part booklist for students, part Bible.

Also, it's immensely satisyfying to get this post into the wild at long last. I think I read The Machine Stops like, three years ago at this stage? Which should give you a sense of the Fencraft gestation period/my project procrastination pattern. If you only read one text from the article, make it that one.

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When you find an article about using your speakers on wilderness campouts which you actually really like,

• but it goes on to talk about the impact of tech on environment due to like, the radiation and the electrosmog and the impacts of wildlife due to proximity to radio towers - like, OK, sounds plausible.
• And you follow the lady up, and she's also into talking about 5G - hmmmmm
• And she's also got a guide that's something to do with wifi and autistic children - HMMMMMMMMMM

If this thinker isn't a conspiracy crank, she certainly looks like one...so goodbye to that link...