At its core, my method is a means of harmonizing the needs of capitalism and the needs of human beings; of maximally harmonizing the requirements of the future with those of the present; the needs of the individual with those of the whole. It reveals itself differently for each individual, but overall, this method should…

We have walked away from the dinner table where they were all talking about all the terrible things you had to do just to survive. In the back yard, we have started a small bonfire, and begun to sing songs around it, as the crickets chirp, and the moon comes out.

A discussion of partial systems, versus whole systems, that applies to just about anything. Has important implications for how we design things.

Thoughts on the advantages of expert systems. Optimal wetware/software interfaces, but with learning curves. Problems with learning (you become estranged from the hardness for naive users, but at the same time, you become very fast).

Thoughts in a felt way to set a sliding scale, based on feel. Finding a middle ground between a pure capitalist “we each try to just get the most we possibly can” mindset, and some sort of limiting poverty viewpoint that constrains our freedom and movement.