I like the “On this Day” feature here at micro.blog. Today it brought up a thought experiment about consciousness from last year. Still seems like an interesting possibility to me, combining something like panpsychism with something like reincarnation.

My newsletter subscriptions are shifting in the right direction: less cultural criticism, more woodworking.

Picked up an unusual (to me), older nativity set today. The images are decals/stickers, not painted. Nevertheless, it caught my eye and it was inexpensive at $15.

Happy 90th birthday, Wendell Berry!

More on the signs of the reversal of technological progress: it’s interesting that Goia frames it as a reversal of progress. The signs he discusses are evidence that high technology is worsening as a tool. If high tech was actually being dismantled, I’d be happy. But it’s just increasingly bad.

I’m kinda glad I’m not a subscriber and can only see about a quarter of the 52 reasons to fear that technological progress is reversing

Lord of the Rings has obviously had a huge impact on me. I’ve mentioned before how the Litany Against Fear from Dune is a part of my life. Recently the line from Wheel of Time has been popping into my head regularly: “The wheel weaves as the wheel wills.”

The Adam and Eve story has always been a fruitful (heh) one for me. Two times I reflected on it: here and here.

Jon Stewart on why “get on board or shut the f* up” is not exactly a pro-democracy rallying cry.

Steve Robinson on the death of his father. I know what this kind of conflicted memory is like. I’m grateful to him for honestly expressing it.