Curiouser and curiouser

it seems like the solution to our discontentment with the present is looking back to the past, nostalgia-bait and general nihilism. but who are we leaving behind when we escape into memories? how can we rekindle our imagination, to look forward again?
sources:
the ultimate hidden truth of the world - david graeber, prefaced by rebecca solnit
the new age of sexism - laura bates
empire of AI - karen hao
Science fiction blockbuster movies – A problem or a path to urban greenery?
a solarpunk manifesto
https://missolivialouise.tumblr.com/post/94374063675/heres-a-thing-ive-had-around-in-my-head-for-a
dead zones of the imagination - david graeber

today we discuss a topic i've been pondering a lot the past year; joy as a means instead of an end! books and articles mentioned:ursula leguin - the ones who walk away from omelasemily henry - beach readhttps://www.filosofie.nl/filosoof-peter-venmans-de-zin-van-het-leven-is-zin-hebben-in-het-leven-frivoliteit/wendy cope - the orangebeautiful world where are you - sally rooneyfjodr dostojevski - crime and punishmentalduous huxley - brave new worldflorence given - women living deliciouslyaudre lorde - uses of the erotichttps://brightblackhoney.substack.com/p/joy-is-a-strategy-why-white-leftistsalbert camus - the myth of sisyphus

today we respond to the notion that 'the internet isn't fun anymore' and look at some online spaces that use the internet in a joyful way, without being stuck in algorithms and ads. hopefully it will help us answer the question: how can we make the internet fun again?
mentioned websites:
https://archive.org/
https://archiveofourown.org/
https://neocities.org/browse
https://cloudhiker.net/explore
https://theuselessweb.com/
https://www.ravelry.com/account/loginhttps://visdeurbel.nl/
https://www.window-swap.com/
books mentioned:
empire of AI - karen hao
the age of extraction - tim wu

finally i have an excuse to talk about all my hobbiesarticles on physical versus digital mediahttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11943480/pdf/life-15-00345.pdfhttps://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fedu0000830https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9871942/

today i am joined by Leora Aileen to discuss the philosophy and science of doing nothing
books and people mentioned:
vita contemplativa - byung chul han
women artists: the creative process - bell hooks
de openbaring van de onbenutte tijd - lieke knijnenburg
the brain at rest - joseph jebelli
nina's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@NinaCatharina_/videos
quirine's substack: https://quirinebrouwer.substack.com/p/all-my-friends-and-i-talk-about-is