Iâve seen this view. Florida gulf coast, July, summer storm, high chop.
Microblog
Snake Bridge on Macclesfield Canal. Astbury Congleton, England.
Bring back artisanal masonry.
LucerneâsKappelbrĂźcke (Chapel Bridge) was built in 1360.
I got to walk across when I visited in 2014. Switzerland is like a 2-sided time warp: part medieval village, part urban futurescape.
In Praise of Memorization | Pearl Leff â
Memorization does have value. It allows you to work faster, reduces overhead of collaboration, reduces cognitive overhead in general :
Gilbert Williams, Entrance Into the Earth.
Sleepy.
Centuripe â a Sicilian town that looks like a person.
Browsing maps is my favorite way into new rabbit holes. Now central Sicily is on the travel wishlist.
NearbyWiki: Wikipedia places nearby â
Neat tool for the curious when traveling.
âDepthscrapersâ
When will we build one?
Not many things as satisfying as milling rough lumber. And watching the remnants collect.
I want a future of ringworld colonies and Dyson spheres.
Raptor engines in hi-res.
Captain Kirk making the case for âmuddling through.â
Art Deco Trains.
Evolution
Environmental challenge + gradual adaptation + eons of time = magic.
The baron caterpillar. Nature finds a way.
The human use of human beings - Cybernetics and Society.
Man â machine symbiosis.
If our farms in 2150 donât look like this, weâve failed.
Ecco the Dolphin was such a weird (awesome) game. Created an entire aesthetic blended from science fiction, solarpunk, and SeaQuest DSV-style futurism.
Choose optimism â
Steph Ango:
Will Milei succeed in Argentina? - Marginal REVOLUTION â
Tyler Cowen is hopeful (as am I), but skeptical:
For a country to swing so wildly from state-run strangulation to an quasi-populist libertarian economist makes me worried his effect on Argentine bureaucracy will fade in the next 12 months.
But his Davos talk was phenomenal. Should be shown in high school classrooms.