Pinboard (robertogreco) https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/public/ recent bookmarks from robertogreco Pope Leo XIV's 'Magnifica humanitas' (with Jack Hanson) - Know Your Enemy - Apple Podcasts 2026-06-26T08:30:11+00:00 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pope-leo-xivs-magnifica-humanitas-w-jack-hanson/id1462703434?i=1000773716438 robertogreco magnificahumanitas 2026 popeleoxiv rerumnovarum popeleoxiii jackhanson donnaharraway cyborgs ai artificialintelligence humanism humanity reinholdniebuhr catholicchurch catholicism nature destiny human humans workers work labor augustinianism augustine staugustine saintaugustine society michaeloakenshott knowyourenemy war greed religion popefrancis us michaeloakeshott commonweal charlespéguy modernity profit capitalism privateproperty property authoritarianism democracy jdvance donaldtrump samadler-bell matthewsitman poverty augustinians sharing theology stevebannon latinamerica perú vaticanii vatican tradcatholicism globalsouth thirdworld humanrights global liberaldemocracy religiousfreedom freedomofreligion popebenedictxvi scripture thomasaquinas justice humandignity economics democraticsocialism politics adrianvermeule 1891 1937 1983 1985 discernment darioamodei anthropic antoniospadaro peterthiel towerofbabel language english audience desire homogenization tension growth friction mortality time place https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:e0ae7f0359ad/ The AI movement to end humanity | The Gray Area - YouTube 2026-06-12T13:24:08+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b30d7FR8YP0 robertogreco sigalsamuel seanilling ai artificialintelligence aisuccessionism tescreal elonmusk eugenics transhumanism singularity singularitarianism effectivealtruism cosmism rationalism intelligence hierarchy 2026 religion mortality longtermism humanity humans technooptimism marcandreessen consciousness humanextinction purpose christianity humanism belief salvation transcendence politics technology human philosophy antihumanism antihuman https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b3fddb76f742/ The Ownerist Society | Commonweal Magazine 2026-06-11T21:39:35+00:00 https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/ownerist-society-ian-marcus-corbin-economics-polanyi robertogreco ianmarcuscorbin 2026 ownership property economic secularism modernity history economy society ownerism oglalasioux blackelk land karlpolanyi transactionalism liberalism policy politics aristotle accumlation friendship relationships cruelty indigeneity indigenous allotment dawesact resistance nafta us mexico europe existence purpose colonialism colonization settlercolonialism money danielcohen cooperation jamesburroughs aricrindfleisch materlaims well-being wellbeing community families religion status statussingaling signaling narcissism consumption consumerism capitalism danielbell acquisition karlmarx herbertspencer owners byung-chulhan maxweber burnout exhaustion wealth materialism values metrics humannature privateproperty loyalty generosity dislocation socialcollapse migration settlercolonlialism exchange obligation affection autonomy control power possessiveness possessions insecurity anxiety utility thomasaquinas benevolence https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:a003227dbf49/ Opinioni | Educare è un atto politico | Corriere.it 2026-06-09T07:15:18+00:00 https://www.corriere.it/opinioni/26_maggio_22/educare-e-un-atto-politico-8a22c14f-d58c-4a60-b3cf-807949c16xlk.shtml robertogreco schools schooling education democracy francescoprofumo 2026 politics reggioemilia society covilsociety civics politicaleducation polarization war fragmentization cohesion complexity difference differences diveristy conflict dialog citizens publicspace socialmedia reactionaries reflection simplification purpose inequality collaboration respect community inclusion inclusivity pedagogy howweteach teaching lorismalaguzzi ai artificialintelligence empathy criticalthinking cooperation responsibility culturalcriticism culture socialcohesion https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:0e68dd3bd533/ The Future Belongs to Those Who Resist It — The New Atlantis 2026-06-06T11:13:15+00:00 https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-future-belongs-to-those-who-resist-it robertogreco calrecoffey encyclicals popeleoxiv magnificahumanitas ai artificialintelligence slop aislop experience humanity humanexperience human humanism dehumanization oligarchy unemployment war technology catholicchurch catholicism llms chatbots marcusaurelisus sociality social discernment algorithms resistance civilization society everyday life living purpose policy claude https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:118e3e812887/ How the AI age forgets to ask: "What for?" | Benjamín Labatut + Jasmine Sun - YouTube 2026-06-06T04:39:34+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8rLRIhDS-Y robertogreco benjaminlabatut 2026 jasminesun ai artificialintelligence fiction literature literaryfiction quantumphysics quantummechanics johnvonneumann alphago alphazero leesedol abstraction life living messiness morality emotion superintelligence human humans humanism technooptimiism technology quantumtheory walterpitts warrenmcculloch shame fear history science claude claudcode unitree demishassabis tylercowen logic reason mutuallyassureddestruction optimism realism software purpose philosophy experience bodies waysofknowing robots humanoidrobots chatbots writing howwewrite allthesenses senses wisdom mortality https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b5d71052c560/ The Secret of the Third Monk by Tish Harrison Warren 2026-05-11T01:20:17+00:00 https://www.plough.com/en/topics/faith/discipleship/the-secret-of-the-third-monk robertogreco tishharrisonwarren 2026 monks solitude civilization society gpd justice work labor production productivity culture time purpose life living beauty worth value humanity limits silence selfcare https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:607263959b17/ Sara Hendren: Who Is the Built World Actually Built For? - Art of Inquiry | Podcast on Spotify 2026-05-05T14:11:09+00:00 https://open.spotify.com/episode/11zlpahmklfgr8YOUrtLnY robertogreco sarahendren 2026 architecture design disabilities disability accessibility art bodies prosthetics sofiaodeh mayaeinhorn engineering making socialpracticeart science inquiry history conflictkitchen edibleestates socialpractice online internet covid-19 pandemic coronavirus offline social slow small audiencesofone socialjustice ai artificialintelligence technology time perception politics genai generativeai activism poetry human humanism humans howwewrite writing teaching pedagogy highered highereducation culturemaking culture life living howwelive socialmedia being waysofbeing modernity method patternrecognition krzysztofwodiczko downsyndrome interrogativedesign careers purpose meaning meaningmaking children parenting arts humanities friendship relationships leisure artleisure leisurearts identity passion expression objects affect emotions embodiment awe wonder buildings senses spirituality sacredness codeswitching artifacts translation language communication howwemake fabrication ramps risd olincollege builtwo https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:0a421ccc8594/ Graphic design schools are teaching tech, but are they teaching taste? 2026-04-16T04:00:18+00:00 https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/pov-graphic-design-schools-are-teaching-tech-not-taste-creative-industry-150426 robertogreco design graphicdesign graphics education designeducation work creativity taste tardeschools technology labor liberalarts purpose industry https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:04f361d15a38/ The Care Economy is the Everything Economy - with Emma Holten - YouTube 2026-04-04T07:44:45+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yl6JpVZTdM robertogreco emmaholten unlearningeconomics feminism economics 2025 economy society gdp austerity care caring carework careeconomy health healthcare childcare gender hobbes adamsmith johnlocke illness thomashobbes reality humanism relationships social bodies embodiment politicaleconomy sickness unemployment labor work workers culture culturalhistory history quantification numbers statistics data information neoliberalism markets capital capitalism power lobbying influence socialscience socialsciences ideology sexism truth women understanding exclusion aging prices pricing efficiency simnplification methods method inequality diversity externalities coherence disabilities disability predicitons conservatism stabilization predictability equilibrium equilibriumtheory climate climatechange globalwarming change climatecrisis nurses nursing publicsector healthworkers rachelreeves essentialworkers values pandemic covid-19 coronavirus marketvalues qualitative purpose profit profits carecrisis nature environment sustainability uk e https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:55bf219e4032/ Menonomics? - YouTube 2026-04-04T07:37:08+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhts1xt1ZQQ robertogreco economics gender men manosphere scottgalloway 2026 economy labor work care caring masculinity femininity unlearningeconomics jordanpeterson donaldtrump emmaholten society genderroles affordability purpose housing life living cahalmoran https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:844cde037fa3/ Being in the World (full, award winning, Heidegger/Hubert Dreyfus documentary) - YouTube 2026-03-26T03:11:45+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcCRmf_tHW8 robertogreco hubertdreyfus heidegger documentary philosophy taoruspoli being time thinking waysofbeing risk human humans humanism technology jazz flamenco music 2010 film experience interaction art education skills risktaking mastery leahchase markwrathall austinperalta hiroshisakaguchi bobteague jumanesmith ryancross tonyaustin manuelmolina isaacsprintis christophergallo paulforte giancarlocanavieso christophredlich musicalinstruments johnhaugeland taylorcarman iainthomson seandkelly seankelly senses beginnersmind unschooling perception ai artificialintelligence darpa mit descartes plato charlestaylor certainty engagement tradition disengagement embodiment reason rationalism spinoza leibniz doing annesakaguchi tools stuartdreyfus movement knowhow activity objects waysofknowing knowing edgarchase dookychase food theoryofmind abstraction theory intelligence humanities howwethink relevance metaphor care caring mattering whatmatters consciousness aesthetics moods emotions waysofseeing waysofsensing bodies rules patterns joy https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:15ad9e269803/ The Springing Time – Melanie Challenger 2026-03-01T21:09:34+00:00 https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/the-springing-time/ robertogreco 2026 melaniechallenger seasons time bodies ecology slow small morethanhuman multispecies ulfbüntgen nature outside outdoors indoors inside dst knowledge patwillmer life living spring purpose howwelive organisms biology science human humans survival sensitivity flexibility change attention adjustment pollution libertarianism neolibertarianism ideology phenology children wilderness disinformation arctic inuit indigeneity indigenous biorhythms puberty hormones patterns cycles plants pollinators climate climatechange springtime insects environment sun ethics utility function metabolism flourishing cuklture cultures anthropocene economics economicgrowth growth nihilism optimism mortality interdependence parenting joy grief reality daylightsavingtime https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:3034ccd91b17/ Instrumentalisation is making everything a means to an end | Aeon Essays 2026-02-24T18:02:56+00:00 https://aeon.co/essays/instrumentalisation-is-making-everything-a-means-to-an-end robertogreco meaning meaningmaking goodlife life livign progress modernity instrumentalization values liberation living 2026 julianbaggini gretchenrubin happiness truth longevity creativity deborahjenkins utllity philosophy purpose weatlh health success nature art friendship aristotle money augustenburroughs elizabethlindsey mentalillness mentalhealth anxiety kant nietzsche flourishing naturalworld antonchekhov value efficiency optimization capitalism enlightenment commonsense self-expression self-determination democracy consumptions consumerism reducationism economics psychology society socialbonds social joy culture davidhume relationships immanuelkant hume https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:8f778abe6892/ AI isn’t merely bad at writing. It does not and cannot write | Aeon Videos 2026-02-20T05:40:29+00:00 https://aeon.co/videos/ai-isnt-merely-bad-at-writing-it-does-not-and-cannot-write robertogreco ai artificialintelligence llms chatgpt writing howwewrite videoessays gertrudestein stephenking teaching howweteach edtech technology maxteeth language communication policy joshwithparenthesis modernism ernesthemingway fscottfitzgerald sinclairlewis thorntonwilder jamesjoyce ezrapound nonsense poetry poems decoding keatonpatti lingusitics meaning meaningmaking understanding titosantana autocomplete linguistics tenderbuttons connection human humanism humans openai literature humanexperience consciousness perception experience subjectivity humansubjectivity plagiarism mashups recombinance remixing milesdavis lcdsoundsystem media mediamixing kleptones dangermouse macglocky cubism lasmeninas picasso velázquez recombination variation thinking howwethink education humanunderstanding criticalthinking context confusion playfulness 2025 notice turingtest personhood senses sensoryperception feeling feelings logic algortihms victorhugo lesmisérables damienowens onelsaymore brainrot intention conversation barbaraeh https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:906a8da3152e/ Conveniencing Ourselves to Irrelevance – On my Om 2026-02-16T01:09:42+00:00 https://om.co/2026/02/09/conveniencing-ourselves-to-irrelevance/ robertogrecoconvenience efficiency optimization ommalik 2026 human humanism life living purpose meaning meaningmaking noamchomsky technology dystopia hindswaraj maharmagandhi history automation work labor effort progress lifeexpectancy robertlouisstevenson internet web online amusement twitter tiktok socialmedia instagram communication pssivity gmail ai artificialintelligence generativeai choice choosing future responsibility humans irrelevance comfort ozempic compulsion uber genai https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:3c38fcaf958b/ What Is the University For? - Comment Magazine 2026-01-24T22:18:58+00:00 https://comment.org/what-is-the-university-for/ robertogreco margaretsullivan universities colleges highered highereducation academia purpose education 2026 vision dignity embodiment care caring love transcendence agency hope ai artificialintelligence employment technology community communities humility hospitality truth relationships curriculum efficiency https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:5683a414b221/ Europe is Healthier than US - Chris Arnade Walks the World 2026-01-10T20:33:07+00:00 https://walkingtheworld.substack.com/p/europe-is-healthier-than-us robertogrecoI’ve engaged in this debate before, but anyone who doesn’t see that Europe is so much culturally richer, and healthier, than the US is missing that culture is fundamentally about communities, and the social. When most people talk about Europe’s culture legacy, and superiority, they point to cathedrals, museums, and such. But it’s not about the physical (although it makes the stage more dramatic), it’s about the work/life balance. About third spaces that encourage being around people, in a way that’s deeper than a brutal transactionalism. US is about the individual, to a hyper degree. Everyone is so focused on being emancipated from everything, freed from any “outdated” obligations, that they end up in an empty loneliness. It’s depressing to come back, after traveling. To see so many communities of one, all trying to figure out why their life feels so empty. Yes. There is still the social and communal in the US. That’s human nature to build it. But we make it harder to do. Our culture just isn’t conducive to communities. My first amendment is to recognize that saying Europe versus the US is far too simplified since each contains multitudes. Especially Europe, where Germany is different from France, and within France, Paris different from Valence, and within Paris, Le Marais different from Aubervilliers. For what I’m discussing though, the most important European difference is between Paris and Valence. Or in Germany, between Frankfurt and Bochum, and in Belgium, between Brussels and Mechelen. The most common way Americans see Europe is through its biggest cities, and yet that’s the least representative way to understand it. Especially the neighborhoods in those big cities they spend time in. Big city Europe is in the process of being conformed, changed, and ultimately smoothed into a generic boring singular entity. A soulless Americanization that’s accelerated dramatically over the last few decades. It’s a process driven by globalization, tourism, and secular capitalism.2 What has resulted is a McEurope — a chain of big cities where chunks of each are the same. The branding of the franchises might be a tad different, the scenery a little altered, but these chunks serve up the same bland and drab experience. The downtowns of cobble stone streets lined with the same stores selling runners, sex toys, raw paninis under glow lamps, absurdly caloric sweets, and whatever else tourists splurge on to feel special. There is the one dirty plaza of check the box cafes which feels like EPCOT center cosplaying, with signs in English, and almost no regulars, beyond that one stubborn and ancient local, who through the force of time, has crafted their singular island of special. There isn’t much dignity left in these “historic downtowns” most of it lost by the rush to monetize the mobs. The Hen and Stag parties flown in on Ryan Air. The pub crawls. The line of well scrubbed Americans and Asians scurrying behind a hatted scold yelling into a megaphone and holding a tiny red flag. Some of the historic buildings, especially the Cathedrals, still have a dignity and heft, cultural buttes in a desert eroded by pagan winds, which can only last so much longer, since many have given over to being museums more than houses of worship. A check mark on tourist lists to justify a day of binge drinking. Attending mass in these churches means pushing your way through these packs of heathens who, if they stick around, watch the service with the bemused glee of a 19th-century anthropologist in Papua New Guinea. It wasn’t good then, and it’s not any better now.3 What McEurope is lacking the most, or what is hardest to see, is the communal-ism that’s central to European culture. Thankfully though, McEurope is confined to a few neighborhoods, although they are by far the most visited ones. It’s very easy to get away from them, and once away, you will find that a healthy European culture is almost everywhere else, especially the smaller towns. In spades. That’s why my single suggestion for visiting Europe is to get out of the most visited big cities, which contain the largest number of most visited neighborhoods, and go to some random mid-sized town. Some place like Valence in France4, that also, like Paris, has a long history, an ancient and sublime Cathedral, yet hasn’t entirely succumbed to the global forces trying to flatten the world. There you see the care Europeans still give to living. The care given to being a valued member of something larger than themselves. To being part of a group. To eating well, to relaxing well, to working with a purpose beyond making mint. The flattening forces sloshing around the world are mostly viewed in economic terms. It’s mostly talked about as big global brands and franchises sweeping across the globe, knocking everything down around it. There’s a truth to that, although they are symptom of a larger illness, which is ideological and also very American5. It’s the idea of individual liberation. The idea that everyone needs to be emancipated from everything. Everyone needs to find and fly their freak flag. They need to find their true self and be it. Even if that means severing ties with family, friends, church, Nation, anything and everything that came before. Those are provincial, backwards, and holding you back. That is the purpose of life. To be free. Yet it’s a perverse goal, a broken Telos, that can only be seen as positive if you have a abnormal sense of what it means to be human. To be human is to be social. The ancient Greeks knew it, the Medievalist knew it, and even the early Liberals knew it, but it’s us moderns who’ve somehow forgotten it. Once you understand that, then you further understand that the American definition of freedom ends in a state of despair, and nobody should seek that. Much less entire cultures. True freedom isn’t being so emancipated that you are isolated, it’s the opposite — being part of a group and knowing where you fit in and are valued. Be that a church, a cafe, a family, a club, or a Nation. In that sense, Europe, outside of the overly visited but insignificant McEurope parts, is freer, and healthier than the US. Most of the rest of the world is. The second amendment I’d make to my Note is a better explanation of the last paragraph,
Yes. There is still the social and communal in the US. That’s human nature to build it. But we make it harder to do. Our culture just isn’t conducive to communities.
Before I stared walking around the world I spent over a decade focusing on poverty, addiction, and despair in the US. My book Dignity was a result of that work. During those years I got called the “McDonald’s guy” because I highlighted how much community exisited in them. The salient point wasn’t that there’s something unique about McDonald’s, or America, but that humans are social animals. We need community so much that we will even build it in environments not intended for it. Or to put it another way, if you provide humans with a landscape of banal franchises, they will form communities, and construct meaningful relationships, in them. Think again about McDonald’s. The designed purpose was as a ruthlessly efficient way to get food, whittled down to its most transactional basic. You go in, you get calories, you leave, in as short a time as possible. Yet, McDonald’s has evolved into community centers, where people even meet to pray, because people require and need that. To their credit, the corporation has recognized this, and changed how they approach their customers, although the higher driving goal is still efficiency. Fast food franchises are not unique. I’ve seen that need for community in every space I’ve been. From trap houses in the Bronx, to homeless camps under bridges, to donut stores in LA. People form social groups wherever there’s more than one person. It’s one of the quarks of human existence. A cardinal building block6. Yet in the US, and in McEurope, we view it as something to move beyond. Especially the intellectual class, who have an outsized role in policy and business decisions.7 That doesn’t mean the public doesn’t stop being social, rather it means they have to go out of their way to build connections. America might have a broken culture, one ideologically committed to individual freedom, but we are still social, but not necessarily in the healthiest ways. Without functional communities to be members of, many, out of desperation, end up gravitating to dysfunctional ones. Without church, they go to the drug traps; without cafes, bars; without families, politics; without sports clubs, gangs; without friends, angry online forums. Some, a sadly growing minority, fail completely to find anything to be part of and end up in a state of complete antisocial perversion. A state of depression, confusion, emptiness, and then violence, against others and themselves. A state that for too many ends in suicide, either quickly, or slowly one needle at a time. That is a freedom turned into a tyranny of emptiness. *** [Footnotes] 1 - Given that headline clashes with this essay (so far) I ask that you read it. It’s both a tongue in cheek headline, but also a different way of looking at how people see the two places. 2 - I know that reeks of buzzword thinness, but it’s true, although in less cartoonish of a way than usually thought about. It’s about an ideological mindset that sees materialism, and individual liberty, as key to human flourishing. I don’t believe that, as I hope to explain further below in the essay. 3 - I’ll never forget excitedly heading to the Cologne Cathedral, only to find a party of 20 or so British women on a Hen party weekend twerking in front of it for a Instagram post 4 - I could suggest many many others. I chose Valence only because it was where I ended my last trip. Avignon for instance, despite having one small McEurope neighborhood, is still a great place. 5 - Most of the things a lot of American tourists, especially on the left, like about Europe — health care, good public transport, walkable cities, less focus on cars, etc — are downstream of the European communal-ism. They are a result of the US focus on rugged individualism. 6 - That is also true in what I call McEurope. There is still community there, in those “soulless” downtowns, it’s just harder to find, and harder to form. 7 - I’m not suggesting the public, or normies, are also not responsible for a lot of our problems. This isn’t an elite only problem. Individualism isn’t only a belief of the intellectuals, although that’s where it originated, and that’s who is most responsible for the propagation of it. But ideas, unlike Economics, do trickle down, and at this point, a rugged, destructive, individualism is central to what the US is. At it’s best, when tempered with organic community, it’s the American Dream. At worst, it’s constant fighting, constant blame, constant depression."]]> chrisarnade 2024 us europe comparison worklifebalance life living health loneliness france isolation social happiness community cafeculture cafes communalism individualism work food culture superiority wealth transactionalism thirdspaces thirdplaces paris valence germany frankfurt bochum belgium brussels mechelen aubervilliers lemarais dignity mceurope liberation liberalism liberals purpose existence depression confusion emptiness violence freedom tyranny https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b3090faaf5a5/ Everything Was Already AI - YouTube 2026-01-09T19:34:30+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km2bn0HvUwg robertogreco ai artificialintelligence unlearningeconomics llms evolution context language naturalselection economics capitalism economy culture slop aislop marketing film filmmaking music freemarkets friedrichhayek markets behavior circulareconomy adaptation morality generativeai privateequity technology information arvindnarayanan sayashkapoor dandavies graceblakeley timo'reilly elonmusk openai chatgpt stockmarket herbertsimon jamescscott seeinglikeastate data stevekeen markschatzker decisionmaking prediction nathantankus accounting benjaminkuipers institutions culturaltechnologies states edzitron geoffreyhinton alexanderavila commodification timcook markzuckerberg peterthiel satisficing satisfaction loxalmaxima culturaltechnology simplicity massproduction familiarity complexity exploitation finance conventionalwisdom experimentation trevornoah jeromepowell communication interpretation languages conformity bubbles aibubble lossiness idiosyncrasy art humanity enshittification chatbots bots media corporations corporatism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:f6f026e3046d/ When Story Loses the Plot | Los Angeles Review of Books 2026-01-03T06:45:15+00:00 https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/when-story-loses-the-plot/ robertogreco hannahkim meaningmaking meaning narrative plot writing howwewrite culture storytelling stories identity politics history branding fables jdavidvelleman emforster peterbrooks byung-chulhan narration tseliot jamesjoyce fredricjameson quietquitting quitting coherence closure perfectdays tv television film filmmaking thebear katherineelkins structure elisabethcamp manvirsingh gamification progress purpose fitnesstracking quantification quantifiedself orientation momentum mood character characters form resolution vulnerability connection understanding irony control security https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:6818e0f5a62c/ Still Asking Berry’s Question - Front Porch Republic 2025-12-30T20:14:19+00:00 https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/12/still-asking-berrys-question/ robertogreco andypetro wendellberry 2025 modernity economics economy labor life living automation progress humanism human humans humanity drudgery liberation attention ai artificialintelligence technology luddism neoluddism luddites neoluddites slow small efficiency friction work vocation meaning meaningmaking abstraction disconnect disembodiment embodiement allthesenses outsourcing dehumanization knowledgework society aimlessness addiction politics despair hysteria mechanization ubi universalbasicincome christianity play hardfun seriousplay relationships leisure art artleisure leisurearts creativity narcissism theology agency industrialism subservience tools righteousness local systems opacity systemsthinking smallness transparency responsibility purpose algorithms belonging authority morality idols idolatry monetization capitalism humanresources hr stewardship place upskilling consumption consumerism farming cars families canon replacement spirituality interdependence god business machineintelligence craft craftsmanship https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:cc540d34cbe1/ AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself 2025-12-15T04:54:22+00:00 https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-destroying-the-university-and-learning-itself robertogreco ronaldpurser 2025 ai artificialintelligence academia education culture chatgpt csu highered highereducation colleges universities labor teaching howwelearn learning howweteach sfsu csueastbay sonomastate openai faculty chatbots henrygiroux sheilaslaughter garyrhoades christophernewfield benjaminginsberg marthanussbaum administration administrativebloat democracy civics criticalthinking california policy economy economics marthakenney marthalincoln optimization efficieny edtech technology peterhershock neilpostman technopoly society judgement knowledge logistics curiosity discernment presence langdonwinner politics priorities cheating chegg turnitin surveillance surveillancecapitalism marcwatkins perplexity fraud chunginlee roylee tylercowen columbia neelshanmugam cluely siliconvalley ethics cognition inevitibility technodeterminism ravibellamkonda christiancollins debt studentdebt tuition ellastapleton rickarrowood chatversity davidgraeber bullshijobs bullshitdegrees credentials credentialism siyarajpurohit p https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:fb94f9625692/ How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life - The New York Times 2025-11-22T01:08:57+00:00 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/20/us/typewriter-repair-seattle-bremerton.html?rsrc=flt&unlocked_article_code=1.208.PZ-6.CuojRlvuNf7_ robertogreco typewriters repair bremerton paullungy kurtstreeter ruthfremson 2025 bobmontgomery apprenticeship apprentices happiness purpose howwewrite writing 2014 bobmontgomeryseattle careers analog maintenance machines craft security https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:894e2cf66e32/ T12x38 - Catolicismo pop: por qué volvemos a hablar de Dios (CARNE CRUDA) - YouTube 2025-11-16T23:20:45+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXmDje3HfHI robertogreco rosalía christianity catholicism catholicchurch 2025 music god rafaelruiz josebagarcía frankiepizá estelaortiz reactionaries tradwives women gender antíalousada media influencers via:javierarbona effetá youth hakuna siloé spirituality religion trends aesthetics ethics sociology ángelarodríguezpam pandemic covid-19 coronavirus genz generationz zoomers uk france españa spain ángelarodríguez pam west secularism farright rightwing liberalism capitalism girlboss girlbosses feminism belonging purpose faith belief fads patriarchy bodies traditionalism transcendence precarity meaning meaningmaking life living ritual consumption consumerism submission obedience structure certainty uncertainty collectivism collectivity newage millennials geny generationy neoliberalism malaise individualism genx generationx babyboomers boomers religiosity femininity ideology conservatism beauty seduction https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:0acd5c2d4ae2/ Empty Nest? Or Open Door? 2025-10-07T06:37:01+00:00 https://kottke.org/25/10/empty-nest-or-open-door robertogreco gretchenrubin jasonkottke 2024 2025 parents parenting children emptynest life living purpose meaning meaningmaking kottke https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:1fec3b783cd8/ What Makes for a Healthy Society? 2025-10-07T00:42:58+00:00 https://kottke.org/25/10/what-makes-for-a-healthy-society robertogreco indigeneity indigenous ohlone 1978 malcolmmargolin society sustainability environment ecology soil water forests minerals mining outcasts homeless homelessness unemployment mentalhealth imprisonment incarceration prisonabolition place placebased arts art participation participatory egalitarianism wealth equality happiness inequality moderation power economics security stability families friendship laughter work labor coercion reciprocity civilization mutualaid hoarding sharing accumulation resources naturalresources meaning meaningmaking purpose spirituality individuals interdependence https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:a93a12c9926a/ The death of the corporate job. - by Alex - Still Wandering 2025-09-05T17:33:40+00:00 https://thestillwandering.substack.com/p/the-death-of-the-corporate-job robertogreco work bullshitjobs davidgraeber 2025 alexmccann economics meaning meaninglessness latecapitalism capitalism efficiency productivity corporations corporatism resistance purpose meaningmaking professionalmanagerialclass pmc middleware middlemanagement management leadership administration guesswork workforce labor via:lukeneff latestagecapitalism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b753cba78488/ STOP Buying Watches: You Don't Need ANOTHER ONE! - YouTube 2025-07-30T23:03:44+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3qGzLFstko robertogreco doug'swatches 2025 consumption consumerism socialmedia algorithms youtube watches baudrillard meaning symbols status aesthetics idenity marxism capitalism commodification symbolism sybolism watchcollecting hype fastfashion appreciation watchcanon watchenthusiasm instagram reddit meaningmaking purpose business objects identity jeanbaudrillard https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:dfc895255c4a/ Why It's Time to Break Out of Our Gendered Views on Watches 2025-07-26T23:00:52+00:00 https://robbreport.com/style/watch-collector/watches-fashion-gender-1235569136/ robertogreco allenfarmelo watches gender 2024 purpose fashion sexism swatch hetero-normalism gianniagnelli guitars jazz hi-fi motorcycles watchenthusiasm behavior rolex patekphilippe andywarhol gucci ferragamo cucinelli design fashionwatches diamonds jewelery audemarspiguet gendering shoes boots practicality function durability style ernesthemingway clothing mechanics hypercapitalism capitalism environment malaikacrawford hodnikee masculinity authority men toxicmasculinity fluidity genderfluidity culture society accessories aesthetics jewelry quality classics timelessness stereotypes vogue emotions companionship tools obsolescence hemingway https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:ed0a13db8557/ Podcast - The Final Episode - Through the Looking Glass, On Philosophy & Watches 2025-07-25T08:20:15+00:00 https://www.beyondthedial.com/post/podcast-the-final-episode-through-the-looking-glass-on-philosophy-watches/ robertogreco 2024 allenfarmelo watches philosophy perspcetive mechanics culture social history design phenomenology newage wonder reflection time music literature poetry art visualart sculpture principles architecture film photography machines aesthetics beauty logic watchcanon atonishment curiosity admiration bewilderment technology expertise fascination displaycasebacks horology highhorology garyshteyngart mechanical rousseau mindset contemplation bulldozers animation animism soul timekeeping tools autonomy machineage enlightenment ai artificialintelligence thinking howwethink human humans consciousness humanism animals morethanhuman semiconductors computers computing abstraction robots androids innerworks bots life ingenuity creativity living math mathematics physics purpose knowledge morality ethics got religion plato theory astronomy ralphwaldoemerson inquiry empiricalevidence metaphysics being knowing substance cause identity timespace socialstucture senses mind lifeofthemind nature thoreau status hyperconsumerism c https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:ad743ac06680/ Podcast Insights E16 - Spiritual Materialism: How Watches Take On Significance and Meaning - BEYOND THE DIAL 2025-07-24T23:12:10+00:00 https://www.beyondthedial.com/post/e31-spiritual-materialism-how-watches-take-on-significance-and-meaning/ robertogreco 2020 allenfarmelo watches materialism spiritualmaterialism literarytheory psychology philosophy justification symbols symbolism human behavior aristotle rhetoric motivation motives act scene agent agency purpose journalism ads advertising meaning meaningmaking attention socialmedia social aesthetics community approval introspection clans belonging instagram culturalcapital tastemakers personalbrands productengagement watchcommunity watchworld howwethink relationships ownership identity kennethburke innerlife rationality irrationality projection understanding difference reflection reasoning logic individuals individualism generalization nihilism marxism generalizations hedonism skepticism reality analysis panerai nomos italy italia pleasure thinking surfing hypotheticals perception self learning howwelearn presentationofself humans vulnerability invicta explantion watchcanon usthem sameness differentiation significance decisionmaking snobbery snobs absolutism watchsnobs judgement standards capitalism consumeri https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:c6c20ec34a79/ What Do Commercials About A.I. Really Promise? | The New Yorker 2025-07-19T01:15:32+00:00 https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/what-do-commercials-about-ai-really-promise robertogreco vinsoncunningham 2025 ai artificialintelligence ads advertising technology work working writing howwewrite reading howweread cognition purpose labor automation https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:1d38116554c8/ Opinion | This Is Who’s Really Driving the Decline in Interest in Liberal Arts Education - The New York Times 2025-07-19T00:32:35+00:00 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opinion/liberal-arts-college-students-administration.html robertogreco jenniferfrey universityoftulsa liberalarts humanities humanity classics education socracticmethiod seminars highered highereducation colleges universities academia administration management mentalhealth reading howweread learning howwelearn purpose curriculum money trustees power howweteach teaching pedagogy wisdom virtue friendship values interdisciplinary reflection citizenship https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:2bb226c21617/ How to be useless | Psyche Guides 2025-07-09T06:44:53+00:00 https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-wander-free-and-easy-through-life-by-being-useless robertogreco daoism helendecruz paulinelee happiness productivity philosophy life psychology culture 2025 work idleness living slambition purpose well-being wellbeing slow taoism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:7b405060aa2f/ Vijay Iyer’s art of listening | Amplify with Lara Downes - YouTube 2025-05-28T14:12:08+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKubRtKguv4 robertogreco vijayiyer 2025 music jazz laradownes creativity improvisation composition musicmaking performance spontaneity borders imagination conversation nationstates nations presence listening perfection collaboration alerness geography language emotion human humanism hearing communication focus life living socialconscience freedom children conviviality companionship personhood love audience defiance faith joy resistance wadadaleosmith breath energy desire purpose hierarchyofneeds abrahammaslow https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:0da3bdf059f9/ We can live well, even though we don’t have a higher purpose | Psyche Ideas 2025-05-15T16:38:15+00:00 https://psyche.co/ideas/we-can-live-well-even-though-we-dont-have-a-higher-purpose robertogreco ursulaleguin alexisshotwell life living nihilism purpose optimism freedom liberation anarchism 2025 change society control meaning meaningmaking everyday ordinary despair humanism humans collectivism community ursulakleguin https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:14202fa973a0/ Near and Far: researching intersections of site, story, and space – KoozArch 2025-04-28T05:33:08+00:00 https://koozarch.com/interviews/near-and-far-researching-intersections-of-site-story-and-space robertogreco nieuweinstituut site place collaboration purpose patience pedagogy lunabughanem danielfrotadeabreu robinhartanto koozarch community https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:26955f2dfeba/ Towards a Planetary Theology 2025-03-31T06:47:56+00:00 https://www.combinationsmag.com/towards-a-planetary-theology/ robertogreco 2024 theology politics globalization policy liberalism west christianity enlightenment coldwar us russia ussr sovietunion china ranadasgupta viktororbán god corruption authority oldbelievers philosophy purpose economics industrialization modernity communism progress faith radicalism process finance sezs society progressive progressivism institutions states state technology leadership masculinity gretathunberg nature history consipracy benjaminnetanyahu nationalism ethnonationalism theocracy vladimirputin india israel sayyidqutb blasphemy militarism freedom equality innocence culture ottomanempire tehologians humans humanism human cybernetics giuseppemazzini jawaharlalnehru internationalism corporations corporatism capitalism preservation religion cosmology divinity puritans sez https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:bb15f21d3ad9/ 12. Che-Wei Wang & Taylor Levy (CW&T) - Iterating Together with Time - Jackson Dahl 2025-03-29T02:23:34+00:00 https://jacksondahl.com/dialectic/cwandt robertogreco cw&t che-weiwang taylorlevy 2025 design time jacksondahl howwework friction engineering nyuitp objects growth prototyping kickstarter process intuition efficiency legacy purpose audience learning howwelearn timelessness https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:3b235c315f18/ COMMUNIA 02: Educació i (falsa) innovació - Amb Marta Venceslao i Jordi Solé | CGT EN RED - YouTube 2025-03-21T19:11:47+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y03qOqL0CuY robertogreco martavenceslao jordisolé 2025 education paulofreire modernschools ferrerschools franciscoferrer schools schooling pedagogy howweteach teaching catalonia cataluña brazil brasil history barcelonia worldbank politics radicalism anarchism anarchy alternative privatization democracy neoliberalism pilarcarrera eduardoluque spectacle class inequality society socialreproduction capitalism economics domination alienation obedience liberation freedom power control indoctrination labor work literacy criticalthinking learning howwelearn unesco competencies universities colleges academia highered highereducation assessment hannaharendt children adolescence youth resistance emergentcurriculum publicschools emergent elitism authoritarianism authority libraries conversation technology collectivism progressivism progressive johndewey responsibility participation participatory edutainment maríazambrano culture teachers screens digital neuroscience psychology screentime simoneweil attention edtech memorization repetiti https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:c912f5ad412c/ Mens Sine Manus - by Josh Brake 2025-03-14T09:43:15+00:00 https://joshbrake.substack.com/p/mens-sine-manus robertogrecoReplacing all tedious software engineering tasks with AI is a problem. Just because a task is tedious doesn’t mean it’s bad. In software engineering, the tedious tasks are often the ones we learn the most from. The tedium can be a struggle, but it’s the effort required on these tasks that helps us improve. Lastly, one of my own from the archives. This one is from October of 2023, thinking out loud about how I’d respond to Marc Andreessen’s Techno-optimist manifesto. Lots of the same threads I pull on in this piece about the questions we should be asking."]]> ai artificialintelligence agi joshbrake artificialgeneralintelligence 2025 lmsacasas human humanism zvimowshowitz loganthorneloe marcandreessen technooptimism life purpose living knowledge punyamishra christianity judaism morality responsibility meaning meaningmaking humility benbuchanan ezraklein samaltman chatgpt openai claude manus humanity technology criticism ethics avimowshowitz softbank masayoshison cheguevara marxism truth abuse https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:34acb04567d1/ To the people who “love what they do”. - Téa Smith 2024-12-08T22:23:40+00:00 https://teasmith.au/to-the-people-who-love-what-they-do/ robertogreco teasmith 2023 socialmedia linkedin twitter capitalism socialism work labor markets human humans class humanresources marketing purpose freemarket freemarkets corporatism corporations inequality https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:ed0dd9adf16e/ The Politics of Cultural Despair - The Chris Hedges Report 2024-11-06T18:47:37+00:00 https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-politics-of-cultural-despair robertogreco chrishedges mrfish 2024 elections donaldtrump joebiden kamalaharris popejohnpaulii work solidarity labor capitalism latecapitalism despair us gaza newdeal israel genocide neoliberalism war oligarchy corporations corporatism nietzsche nihilism christianright society yearning dnc democracy democrats dickcheney republicans nafta oswaldspengler elitism elites social socialbonds unions institutions education healthcare prisons powerlessness humiliation worthlessness loneliness frustration anger émiledurkheim yugoslavia politics economics cults personalitycults empowerment violence 1981 identity humans human humanness humanism self-fulfillment wages automation jobsecurity unemployment underemployment fullemployment health healthinsurance massmovements universalhealthcare universalbasicincome ubi dignity purpose self-esteem imperialism fascism obliteration ecocide environment climate climatechange militarism latestagecapitalism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:30a2fb235b64/ Laborem Exercens (14 September 1981) | John Paul II 2024-11-06T18:38:33+00:00 https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091981_laborem-exercens.html robertogreco encyclicals popejohnpaulii 1981 work labor capitalism society social technology values solidarity workers dignity human humanism humanness economics materialism ownership personalism humanrights rights employment wages unions organizing agriculture disabilities disability emigration immigration migration catholicism catholicchurch spirituality commodification self-fulfillment unemployment underemployment responsibility creativity self-esteem fullemployment socialharmony socialcohesion automation jobsecurity idenity fulfillment purpose https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:cb5a59508afe/ On Amateurs, and Why I Love Them. 2024-11-04T20:59:45+00:00 https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/125338294886/on-amateurs-and-why-i-love-them robertogreco amateurs professionals professionalization 2015 writing howwewrite joanneharris work passion love purpose labor creativity art amateurism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:606569a35fa3/ Beyond Letter Grades: PKS's Holistic Approach to Assessment — Presidio Knolls School 2024-10-29T00:05:30+00:00 https://www.presidioknolls.org/news/news/2024/10/25/why-we-dont-use-letter-grades robertogreco pks grades grading assessment 2024 unschooling schools education howweteach teaching schooling mikelevy motivation purpose academics feedback reportcards johndewy authoritarianism humanism math mathematics mindfulness morality self-assessment health intrinsicmotivation self-regulation learning howwelearn alliklapp howardhardner jackschneider ethanhutt grantwiggins björnhögberg joakimlindgren klarajohansson mattiasstrandh solveigpetersen deschooling cv richardryan edwarddeci jeffreyschinske kimberlytanner https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:7db7b012146a/ Is ‘U-shaped happiness’ universal? Not for rural subsistence populations, say researchers | University of California 2024-10-25T19:28:45+00:00 https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/u-shaped-happiness-universal-not-rural-subsistence-populations-say-researchers robertogreco happiness weird rural 2024 psychology aging midlifecrisis midlifecrises globalnorth ecology culture humans well-being humanuniversals elders industrialization bodies health healthcare exercise purpose belonging michaelgurven society hunter-gatherers wellbeing https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:1b734f42f886/ Walking as Inactivity - by Thomas J Bevan - The Commonplace 2024-10-18T22:44:12+00:00 https://thomasjbevan.substack.com/p/walking-as-inactivity robertogreco via:daniellucas walking 2024 thomasbevan psychology strolling exercise fitness health cv beaututy inactivity productivity slow freedom attention capitalism anticapitalism economics work labor bobblack freetime leisurearts artleisure tracking stepcounts neighborhoods pleasure aliveness life living wonder everyday presence human humanism humans purposelessness uselessness derive flaneur aimlessness patience flâneurs flaneurs flâneur dérive anarchism unproduct nonproduct howwethink thinking insight contemplation purpose usefulness efficiency customs ceremonies art culture gaps smartphones observation noticing detours excesses accessibility effort stillness participation participatory doing being waysofbeing waysofseeing waysofsensing subversion subversiveness passivity disembodiment embodiment play https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:7f143820fcc1/ Sarah Lewis on “Aesthetic Force” as a Path Toward Justice - Time Sensitive - Apple Podcasts 2024-09-19T22:36:41+00:00 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sarah-lewis-on-aesthetic-force-as-a-path-toward-justice/id1460711432?i=1000669889446 robertogreco spencerbailey race time visuality vision woodrowwilson frederickdouglass ptbarnum maps painting photography conditioning howwesee tonimorrison angeladavis mathewbrady justice imamshamil distraxction caucasianwar themet francesbenjaminjohnston jarvisgivens pedagogy fugitivepedagogy montserrat whitesupremacy sarahlewis society 2024 donaldtrump caucasus racism kkk kukluxklan carterwoodson parenting louisarmstrong images charlesblack imagery wyntonmarsalis amysherald markbradford theastergates hankwillisthomas halfoster timelessness leighraiford deborahwillis dougharris coreensimpson mauriceberger aperture timesensitive via:daniellucas josephturner frankduveneck slavery civilwar death near-deathexperiences life living seeing purpose art arts destiny education schools schooling propaganda mapping https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:00a343bbdc50/ The Last Ice Age – Emergence Magazine 2024-08-31T02:18:41+00:00 https://emergencemagazine.org/film/the-last-ice-age/ robertogreco iceland climatechange film history nature documentary glaciers forests trees time globalwarming 2024 past future anddrisnærmagnason science pilgrimage iceage blackholes climatecrisis wolfganglucht adamloften emmanuelvaughan-lee storytelling stories paradigmshift perception beagoodancestor ancestors cosmology cosmos perspective change volcanoes weather climate hardship mythology resilience landscape exploration documentation photography filmmaking land place aluminum bitcoin crypto cryptocurrencies dams rivers electricity ecosystems humility humans anthropocene fire myths myth civilization prometheus geology earth research maps mapping iceaps citizenscience humanity responsibility continuity beauty poetry love scale 1950s legacy legends discovery reality humanities witness witnessing understanding rationality spirit fun permission generations religion superstition folklore purpose holiness apocalypse beholdeness wonder awe morethanhuman animism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:826ef887fb6c/ How to find new spiritual practices | Psyche Guides 2024-08-30T17:14:55+00:00 https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-find-new-spiritual-practices-without-religion robertogreco religion ritual rituals morganshipley 2024 spirituality psychology self-reflection practice tradition habits routines meaning meaningmaking connection purpose https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:755254ed278e/ AI SuperCut of Big Questions about life, death, love, work, and the future of humanity - YouTube 2024-08-29T20:34:10+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg9rqkqGGKM robertogreco michaelwesch 2024 ai artificialintelligence life death love work humanity technology alexa sciencefiction scifi generalintelligence agi dystopia intelligence negativeexternalities externalities unknowns avs climatechange driverlesscars globalwarming labor society economics civilization socialstructure kinship superstructure infrastructure environment demographics power powerrelations politics policy change consequences law legal finance medicine cance diseases skills humans humanism anthropology bard ibm automation automationanxiety computers computing productivity wellbeing standardofliving robots capitalism latecapitalism socialsafetynet ethics ubi universalbasicincome wealthinequality inequality manufacturing thomaspaine mlk miltonfriedman andrewyang purpose meaning meaningmaking careers significance unemployment living experience humanexperience philosophy socialsciences relationships socialscience knowledge knowledgeproduction humanities machines machinelearning intimacy emotionalsupport friendship fulfi https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:2c04debfeee1/ Can We Be Human in Meatspace? — The New Atlantis 2024-08-15T21:22:40+00:00 https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/can-we-be-human-in-meatspace robertogreco technology bradeast 2022 humanism purpose belief beliefs https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d16232a7894e/ to be a monk or a capitalist 2024-08-14T20:20:29+00:00 https://www.patriciamou.com/newsletter-archive/to-be-a-monk-or-a-capitalist robertogreco 2020 2021 patriciamou monks capitalism economics sfcommons spirituality purpose meaning meaningmaking sensemaking makingsense https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:5985689ddf79/ Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism with Premilla Nadasen - YouTube 2024-06-27T17:36:05+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSZBnRuTSIM robertogreco care economics resistance labor capitalism society 2024 2023 careeconomy unpaidlaabor hierarchy housework coaching teaching parenting mothers mothering race emotions emotionallabor premillanadasen families work workers exploitation teachers education language collectivebargaining caring unions strikes nurses nursing eldercare arlierusselhochschild arliehochschild rights responsibilities servitude domesticworkers emotionalinvestment carework nonprofit nonprofits charitableindustrialcomplex philanthropicindustrialcomplex extraction purpose missions missiondriven sarahjaffe self-care socialreproduction feminism marxism racialcapitalism socialreprpductiontheory children childcare profit profits socialsecurity unemployment wages wefarestate salaries life lifemaking slavery robindgkelley robinkelley organizing unionorganizing labororganizing workingclass housing food water state inequality profiteering poverty pandemic coronavirus covid-19 publicspending mississippi collectivecare communalcare anticapitalism mutual https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:cf68ea984d68/ the how and the why, part 3 | sara hendren 2024-06-22T05:33:05+00:00 https://sarahendren.com/2024/06/21/the-how-and-the-why-part-3/ robertogreco“So, I said, “I reckon it all comes down to this, how can I preach if I don’t have any answers?” “Yes, Mr. Crow,” he said. “How can you?” He was not one of your frying-size chickens. “I don’t believe I can,” I said, and I felt my skin turn cold, for I had not even thought that until then. He said, “No, I don’t believe you can.” And we sat there and looked at each other again while he waited for me to see the next thing, so he wouldn’t have to tell me: I oughtn’t to waste any time resigning my scholarship and leaving Pigeonville. I saw it soon enough. I said, “Well,” for now I was ashamed, “I had this feeling maybe I had been called.” “And you may have been right. But not to what you thought. Not to what you think. You have been given questions to which you cannot be given answers. You will have to live them out — perhaps a little at a time.” “And how long is that going to take?” “I don’t know. As long as you live, perhaps.” “That could be a long time.” “I will tell you a further mystery,” he said. “It may take longer.” This dialogue is the bit we’re all supposed to wonder at — the mystery of any one life and how it adds up, the idea that our story and its purpose are probably not calculable. Our lives exceed our grasp and maybe indeed our time on the planet. But the memorable line for me happens just after this exchange: Jayber, filled with gratitude, “turned around. I was going to thank him, but he had gone back to his book.” The professor had gone back to his book! No mystical mood hung in the air. No prolonged and meaningful parting ensues. For Professor Ardmire, a conversation with a young person about the nature of ultimate things was important but also ordinary, not exceptional. It has taken thirty years away from college for me to fully appreciate that I had this same ordinariness at Wheaton. First-order questions were on the table. They were everyday matters in the classroom and in the offices of my professors, regular fare on a Tuesday: What is life about? What is goodness and wisdom? Is there a God? Is one’s life one’s own, or does it belong to some larger tapestry? And some of this ordinariness played out in Wheaton’s core curriculum, which required some basics in theology and Biblical studies for all students. I would most certainly have avoided those classes if given the choice, but a couple of the books I read in them have been some of the most lasting and formative of my life. Wheaton shaped some of my friends into full-time ministers. Others it helped leave Christianity behind, not in spite of its structure, but because of it. If you insist on first-order questions in a community, young people will arrive at all kinds of places in their search for truth — in their short four years in one direction, and in ten years hence somewhere else, and in another twenty years, perhaps somewhere else again. But the insistence on the seriousness of the questions — the affirmation to young people that their late-night existential conundrums are real and necessary — was paramount on our (flawed, very human) campus. Theology, unsurprisingly, was a required subject in America’s oldest and still-prestigious universities. Theology and philosophy’s first-order concerns as core curricula have been largely replaced by broader (and dwindling) humanities requirements as the standard college containers for existential questions about life lived well, with lots of choice and variation in place of shared experiences. For a long time, I thought this switch worked just fine. But a side comment from the critic Becca Rothfeld helped me remember what matters about theology and philosophy: they are the prescriptive disciplines, where truth claims are on offer, where evaluation and judgment are central, instead of dodging the hard stuff by the distancing effects of historicizing and contextualizing. The social sciences are descriptive in nature, says Rothfeld, which is as it should be. But that descriptive approach has come to dominate the way the humanities proceed. Students are asked: What was the historical understanding of the ideas in the Tao Te Ching? but rarely pushed, in a sustained and comparative way, to consider: Are you persuaded by these ideas? Are there tools for living in this text? Does the prescription hold? Add this to the we think about power shortcuts in many domains — where politics has acquired the status of metaphysics — and we have a lot of students looking for big ideas, transcendence, and purpose, and not finding them on campuses. My friend Sandra and I took a long road trip together last summer, and she told me a story I’d never heard before. We were at Wheaton together, and she was one of the people whose faith, having been shepherded for her in k-12 Christian schools all the way through Wheaton, added up to far more questions than answers. This was troubling to her, finishing on such wobbly ground.* Friends encouraged her to write to a much-loved theology professor and ask for advice. She had never taken his classes, but she did so in confidence. In a letter, by mail. You don’t know me, but I’m in trouble. Can you help? He wrote her back, including with his response a copy of Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning(!) and a book on the practice of prayer. Those books sat unread for years on her shelves, but the whole gesture she never forgot. It helped her find faith again after a long time. But even if it hadn’t: A teacher agreed that her questions were real, and serious, and conjoined to others’ questions. That’s what you want, right? Learned adults in the room as companions for the really big stuff? With my own kids, I’m looking at core curricula with strong humanities, especially because they’re history lovers. But I’m also looking especially for universities where the prescriptive disciplines are robust and shared across campus. They’re out there — sometimes in the formal curriculum, and sometimes in adjacent spaces. We’ll get to that next time. *For what it’s worth, I tell my students that ending college with far more questions than answers is a success story." [Part 1: https://sarahendren.com/2024/06/10/the-how-and-the-why/ Part 2: https://sarahendren.com/2024/06/14/the-how-and-the-why-part-2/ Part 4: https://sarahendren.com/2024/07/25/the-how-and-the-why-part-4/ Part 5: https://sarahendren.com/2024/08/24/the-how-and-the-why-part-5/ ]]]> sarahendren wendellberry 2024 colleges universities highereducation highered wheatoncollege ordinariness christianity inquiry seriousness theology philosophy beccarothfeld power viktorfrankl faith humanities socialsciences curriculum academia questions life living howwethink purpose transcendence history evaluation judgement truth contextualization historicization thehowandthewhy https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:f5b77d86c2ad/ Yesterday’s Men, by Alan Jacobs 2024-06-19T02:32:24+00:00 https://harpers.org/archive/2024/07/yesterdays-men-alan-jacobs/ robertogrecoalanjacobs 2024 rolandbarthes jacquesderrida ideas myth literature criticism northropfrye archetype ritual symbol literarycriticism structure michelfoucault foucault georgeeliot percyshelley dante divinecomedy whauden freud discursivity literarytheory thinking howwethink giambattistavico rhetoric peterlombard decline wisdom ancestors barbarism theology culture descartes poeticwisdom philosophy rationalism poetry homer metaphysics mythmaking philology comparativeliterature comparitivestudies universalknowledge knowledge universality isaiahberlin conuter-enlightenment society justusmöser charlesdickens missionaries anthropology ruthbenedict culturalimperialism culturalanthropology jamesgeorgefrazer carljung jung commonnature gskirk wkcguthrie religion ernstcassirer émiledurkheim seasons purpose magic science tseliot jamesjoyce thewasteland ulysses agriculture psychology hitler nazism wwii ww2 geneweltfish humanism identitypolitics scripture bible thefamilyofman humanrights humanity mirceaeliade josephcamp https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:7f5aeafae8d3/ automating bullshit jobs – The Homebound Symphony 2024-06-08T18:20:01+00:00 https://blog.ayjay.org/automating-bullshit-jobs/ robertogrecoOf course universities are going to outsource commentary on essays to AI — just as students will outsource the writing of essays to AI. And maybe that’s a good thing! Let the AI do the bullshit work and we students and teachers can get about the business of learning. It’ll be like that moment in The Wrong Trousers when Wallace ties Gromit’s leash to the Technotrousers, to automate Gromit’s daily walk. Gromit merely removes his collar and leash, attaches them to a toy dog on a wheeled cart, and plays in the playground while the Technotrousers march about. And lo, this from Cameron Blevins (via Jason Heppler):
There is no question that a Custom GPT can “automate the boring” when it comes to grading. It takes me about 15-20 minutes to grade one student essay (leaving comments in the margins, assigning rubric scores, and writing a two-paragraph summary of my feedback). Using a Custom GPT could cut this down to 2-3 minutes per essay (stripping out identifying information, double-checking its output, etc.). With 20 students in a class, that would save me something like 5-6 hours of tedious work. Multiply this across several assignments per semester, and it quickly adds up.
In an ideal world, this kind of tool would free up teachers to spend their time on more meaningful pedagogical work. But we don’t live in an ideal world. Instead, I worry that widespread adoption would only accelerate the devaluing of academic labor. Administrators could easily use it as justification to hire fewer instructors while loading up existing ones with more classes, larger sections, and fewer teaching assistants. Alas, I must agree. “Now that we’ve automated grading, we can hire fewer instructors and give them more students!” But then (thinks the same administrator) “Why not train bots on all those lectures posted on YouTube, create professorial avatars — maybe allow students to customize their virtual professors to make them the preferred gender and the desired degree of hotness — and dismiss the instructors also? That’ll free up money to hire more administrators.” That will surely be the deanly response. But there’s another way to think of all this, one I suggested in my post of last year. Think about the sales people who use chatbots to write letters to prospective clients, or prepare reports for their bosses. People instinctively turn to the chatbots when they see a way to escape bullshit jobs, or the bullshitty elements of jobs that have some more human aspects as well. For most students, writing papers is a bullshit job; for most professors, grading papers is a bullshit job. (Graeber, p. 10: “I define a bullshit job as one that the worker considers to be pointless, unnecessary, or pernicious — but I also suggest that the worker is correct.”) What if we all just admitted that and deleted the bullshit? What if we used the advent of chatbots as an opportunity to rethink the purposes of higher education and the means by which we might pursue those purposes? But I suspect is that what universities will do instead is to keep the bullshit and get rid of the humans."]]> alanjacobs ai artificialintelligence chatgpt gpt writing teaching pedagogy highered highereducation academia howweteach adminstraivebloat capitalism purpose unschooling deschooling education 2024 busywork learning howwelearn meaning meaningmaking drudgery efficiency optimization chatbots automation humanism humans cameron blevins https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:bfa3b6b8aa2a/ Degrowth Communism: Envisioning a World Beyond Capitalism - YouTube 2024-05-28T06:47:18+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7NodCYbDPI robertogreco degrowth economics capitalism communism kōheisaitō koheisaito climatechange society erikwallenberg consumption consumerism scarcity 2024 globalnorth globalsouth covid-19 coronavirus pandemic imperialism ecologicalimperialism ecology globalization fossilfuels inequality exploitation essentialworkers work labor negativeexternalities life living slow wellbeing remotework redistribution publictransit growth profits naturalresources commodities climatecrisis production futures future statepower ecologicalcrisis polycrisis climaterefugees refugees democracy xenophobia wealthconcentration latecapitalism poverty climatefascism stability instability donaldtrump climatebarbarism chaos surveillance authoritarianism regulation socialism climatemaoism climateleviathan sustainability greennewdeal environment climatejustice excess sharing transportation flights aviation degrowthcommunism degrowthsocialism commons distribution ownership marxism decentralization values democraticsocialism technosolutionism evs barcelona https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:029eea5bc952/ The Cost Of Reading Wendell Berry - by Hadden Turner 2024-04-16T18:32:36+00:00 https://overthefield.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-reading-wendell-berry robertogreco wendellberry haddenturner reading slow howwewrite resistance integrity howweread small local place morality greenwashing life living principles goodness sacrifice ecology beauty compicity destruction anticapitalism capitalism friction commitment stewardship degradation environment electricity farming care caring food wildlife pollution purposefulness purpose 2024 https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:42d1e3d7efd9/ The Gray Area with Sean Illing: The denial of death on Apple Podcasts 2024-04-15T20:04:40+00:00 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-denial-of-death/id1081584611?i=1000647919852 robertogreco ernestbecker thedenialofdeath film documentary jefsewell seanilling 2024 anthropology mystery death dying culture immortality mortality nature children richardlouv lauradunn humans humanness thegrayarea bodies senses allthesense existence allthesenses viruality reality philosophy legacy meaning meaningmaking self-reflection melancholy existentialism stoicism fear anxiety avoidance purpose josephcampbell accident purity heroism childhood parenting vulnerability limitation distraction attention life living illusions notknowing delusions joy religion saintfrancisofassisi awareness wonder technology presence media economics consumerism capitalism awakeness paultillich progressivism truth utopia samkeen wisdom humility beauty sensitivity https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:fb465585c78d/ Birds Do Not Sing in Caves - YouTube 2024-02-08T18:29:33+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgXgkpu7pkg robertogreco thoreau solitude slow small intentionalliving distraction attention philosophy waldenpond society life living simplicity conformity minimalism voluntarysimplicity technology self-reliance self-knowledge civilization happiness existence fulfillment ignorance materialism capitalism self-exploration purpose finance commerce self howwelive norms culture self-examination personhood transcendentalism humanism humanity thinking howwethink oppression systems systemsthinking constructs whatmatters context reality cities urban urbanism economics traps awakeness awakening humanresources supplychains markets circuits closedloops rural heidegger https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:5691284e2387/ Ana Tijoux: On why it took 10 years to release her new album 'Vida' : Alt.Latino : NPR 2024-02-01T17:49:53+00:00 https://www.npr.org/2024/01/24/1197954639/alt-latino-ana-tijoux-vida-interview robertogreco anatijoux chile music resistance families joy awareness lucidity calm slow small time presence death dying whatmatters anamariasayre felixcontreras purpose socialjustice environment independence musicindustry via:javierarbona alt.latino memory writing howwewrite senses allthesenses vulnerability parenting life living howwethink reflection wonder children waysofseeing sensing waysofsensing childhood humanity humanism anamariaartemisasayre https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d99b186f8bf7/ How to Keep Time - The Atlantic [bookmarking for Season 5, "How to Keep Time" - this podcast covered other topics before that.] 2024-01-23T05:11:04+00:00 https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/how-to-build-a-happy-life/ robertogreco time clocks ianbogost beccarashid 2023 2024 podcasts psychology productivity us age aging social rest work busyness control future anxiety idleness oliverburkeman hobbies kieransetiya listening zen mindfulness happiness presence leisure laziness neerupaharia melissamazmanian ignaciosánchezprado waiting slow slowness culture society alexsoojung-kimpang downtime boredom jannalevin patience charanranganath sarahmanguso behavior addiction actions neuroscience mentalhealth luxury scarcity status italy humblebragging thorsteinveblen veblengoods socialmobility diamonds money self-worth self-importance compulsion overscheduling plans planning spontaneity avoidance multitasking taskswitching unschooling schooliness balance presentationofself guilt parenting timemanagement capitalism overwork stress success failure deadlines life living anticipation optimism pleasure satisfaction erinreid west burnout gender eviatarzerubavel mothers benedictinemonks monks spirituality industrialrevolution freetime scheduling calenda https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:536b77c372f2/ You Need To Be Cringemaxxing - by Mary Harrington 2024-01-14T03:14:43+00:00 https://reactionaryfeminist.substack.com/p/you-need-to-be-cringemaxxing robertogreco slow small cool 2024 priorities community maryharrington socialbonds atomization society loneliness culture counterculture resistance canon glamour agesegregation religion happiness consumerism consumption loyalty interdependence sociality social children parents socialnetworks mistrust cringemaxxing care caring trying purpose fulfillment church religiosity worship consistency stability reliability families coolness friendship perspective ruthlessness exclusivity scarcity evanescence behavior aspiration desirability fracture cringe earnestness https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:139485f72a03/ Plagiarism and You(Tube) - YouTube 2023-12-16T21:41:41+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDp3cB5fHXQ robertogreco plagiarism youtube hustleculture contentcreators video film filmmaking mmr briandeer andrewwakefield antivax vaccinations reviews creativity hbomberguy 2023 copying Iilluminaughtii citation credit attribution cinemassacre filipmiucin contentmills internethistorian jamessomerton seangriffin ai artificialintelligence chatgpt meaning purpose society entertainment writing howwewrite cheating stealing theft ip internet web online identity completeness knowing happiness inspiration https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:6ce44fff2c5d/ How the Wealthy Use “Charity” to Screw Everyone Else with Amy Schiller - Factually! - 238 - YouTube 2023-12-07T04:31:46+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UenwOIb6jE robertogreco charity charitableindustrialcomplex philanthropy philanthropicindustrialcomplex 2023 altruism effectivealtruism amyschiller nonprofits nonprofit adamconover utilitarianism philosophy wealth inequality petersinger billionaires mckenziescott socialchange restrictedfunding unrestrictedfunding grants trust oversight discretion socialjustice amazon systemicchange labor unions redistribution power lobbying politics race confrontationalgiving politicaleconomy taxes giving democracy democratization taxincentives policy livingwage givingwage humanflourishing equity expropriation wealthexpropriation pluralism rudygiuliani lebronjames akron schools newark markzuckerberg joy culture sustenance solidarity negotiation connection humility purpose local context democratic strikefunds legalaid charities tescreal nerdreich singularity singularitarianism extropianism rationalism cosmism longtermism transhumanism extroprianism capitalism fascism technofascism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b471817f4196/ Boots Riley on Labor, Palestine & I'm A Virgo - YouTube 2023-12-06T05:32:12+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siZgRBQtCRo robertogreco bootsriley unions organizing strikes general strike palestine israel occupywallstreet ows 2023 work teachers fastfood radicals radicalization ilwu uaw solidarity history class classstruggle capitalism communism left i'mavirgo occupyoakland 1999 2012 1960s 1980s southafrica genocide apartheid bds sovietunion ussr economics civilrightsmovement hippies neoliberalism generations babyboomers genx genz millennials geny movements boomers longshoremen sorrytobotheryou art music repetition process practice goals purpose inspiration writing howwewrite cia jacksonpollock parisreview literature activism optimism hope anger howwework wga sag film generationz zoomers generationy generationx https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:2f57dbce186e/ The Trials And Tribulations Of Watch Innovation With Stephen McDonnell - YouTube 2023-11-22T04:06:59+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1xQWripjPI robertogreco watches watchmaking 2023 stephenmcdonnell design aesthetics technical clocks mechanics engineering mb&f trains jamesstacey obsession details art time timekeeping attention creativity making maxbüsser maximilianbüsser treland northernireland belfast religion theology beauty purpose https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:385dd7b51b08/ O, Death! - YouTube 2023-09-26T15:38:28+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDjrTkssZmE robertogreco death belief dying nature tolstoy 2023 videoessays science religion spirituality god faith beauty comfort philosophy reason hope truth hopelessness life living meaning meaningmaking meaningoflife epicureanism wisdom morality kingsolomon privilege chance imagination suicide pain suffering persistence depression everyday mundane purpose fulfillment examinedlife society pleasantness morals howwelive expectations ambition status wealth adornment horsesonyt lcd michaelsorensen https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:50a6e57ef468/