Alan Jacobs

OH COME ON

Dave Winer: “Why would I leave Twitter? It’s like living in NY and not taking the subway. Sure it’s dirty and smells bad, but it’s how you get places.” The problem with this analogy is that I would pay and pay heavily to avoid the places Twitter takes me.

Trying a little experiment here, which I will explain in a future audio post. Source.

Trying to do my part to show people A Better Way.

A first experiment in microcasting.

Auden, from “The Garrison”:

Whoever rules, our duty to the City
is loyal opposition, never greening
for the big money, never neighing after
a public image.
 
Let us leave rebellions to the choleric
who enjoy them: to serve as a paradigm
now of what a plausible Future might be
is what we’re here for.