• Issue № 21

    Forward is the best option

    Because forward is the best option. Let’s go with one that makes the most sense–and if you don’t have a better plan, you should be responsible enough to back the one that’s most likely to work, even, especially, if you don’t like it. ~ Seth Godin from, https://seths.blog/2023/02/the-obligation-of-none-of-the-above/ For me, this “rhythms” with things like…

  • Issue № 20

    Affordances

    The issue with play structures is that they train you to play only within affordances. When the space that you play in is designed by someone else, you are pushed towards playing only in the ways that they envisioned. A play structure affords a small set of actions, and as a player, you only get…

  • Issue № 19

    You don’t say

    I first discovered sarcasm as a freshman in college, which I realize makes me a bit of a late bloomer as far as teenagers go. There were certain classmates who seemed to always come across as clever and funny no matter the topic. Over time I noticed there was a simple formula to their contributions…

  • issue № 18

    More present

    A million years from now, when alien anthropologists begin gathering evidence about what humans were like, they will definitely want to dig up the Self-help and Spiritual/Religion sections of our bookstores and libraries. There they will find direct evidence of what we yearned for and struggled with. ~ David Cain from, https://www.raptitude.com/2022/07/trying-to-be-more-present-isnt-enough/ For some reason…