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croft: traditional Scottish term for a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable, and usually, but not always, with a crofter's dwelling thereon

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  • Goodbye

    I had been struggling to write for many years. Back then I was dreaming of having a blog with lots of entries. Now I ...

  • An ontology of political decisions

    Not all political decisions are the same. Some are easier to make but potentially less effective while others harder ...

  • Introducing Shoshin College

    Have you ever thought that universities are boring and we might be able to make one that's not? Well, my friends and ...

  • On conversations of debate and exploration

    Dear friend, I appreciate your so-called engineering mindset. It's great to aim to approach things rationally, to und...

  • For the joy of making it

    I. In the bottom section of Y Combinator's website we read: Make something people want. Make. Something. People. Want...

  • When hope and gloom unite

    This is the Matrix and I am Neo. Not because I am the One — I'm not. The reason I am Neo is because I really can fly,...

  • Manifesting democracy

    We cannot presuppose a democratic society before its existence. We can only identify a democratic system in a society...

  • On the essence of decisions and hope

    What is a decision and why does it matter? I. One could claim that decisions do not matter insofar they are not actio...

  • Applied anthropology

    On my way to an anthropology lecture today, I learned much more about humans than I could expect of the lecture. To c...

  • Laniakea Books: Public domain books for everyone

    Laniakea Books is a publishing house in London, England, which publishes public domain books only. Public domain book...

  • A birthday invitation

    1 July 2023 is a totally not important date for the world but it just happened that I was born exactly 29 Earth circl...

  • Fight Club has the answers

    It’s a few hours after watching the Fight Club for the second time in my life that I write these words. It's been mor...

  • The misery of applications

    Our world is now one full of applications. Not the computerised ones, although it’s full of those too. The form-that-...

  • Negations and characteristics of democracy

    Let’s attempt to paint what democracy is through its various characteristics and facets. Let’s also talk about the ne...

  • A new startup lifecycle

    I. The philosophy of Posthaven II. The reason startups get acquired III. Sympathy for Posthaven’s founders IV. Sugges...

  • Responding to: Advice to Aimless, Excited Programmers

    This is in response to this blog post: https://prog21.dadgum.com/80.html In 2010, James Hague, a recovering programme...

  • On AI taking over jobs: The world is based on gifts, not transactions

    What are we going to do now that AI will take all our jobs? I. In 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted1 that, in 2030,...

  • One thought at a time

    There is a graffiti piece in Finsbury Park that reads “Poor is cool”. “Poor is definitely not cool”, Charlie responde...

  • How to: Run your own nostr relay

    This is how to setup a nostr relay, fast! First, get an Ubuntu 22.04 VPS somewhere. Second, add its IP to a domain na...

  • Analysing The White Lotus — Season 1

    This contains spoilers about season 1 of The White Lotus. I. The White Lotus Season 1 (2021) is about freedom: Black ...