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+ + computer manifesto     + + + --    on spiritual computing + +

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      the act of love

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      one must truly love computing to do good computing.

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      computing is art

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      Mierle Laderman Ukeles: "Everything I say is Art is Art. Everything I do is Art is Art." + further: + "We have no Art, we try to do everything well. (Balinese saying)."

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      grounded approach

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      computing is not an isolated act. one must keep in touch with humanities: art, history, culture, etc. + one + cannot build something good for the world, not knowing the world.

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      the living document

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      times change. people change. code changes. information is living. information should be allowed to die + and fade away. information comes from from everyone. + it's a + developing story.

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      camp in computing

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      there must be space for fun and quirkyness. for doing something that is superfluous. not everything + needs + to + have an end goal. the superfluous elevates the mundane and makes it joyous.

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      actualisation of humanist values

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      computing is for people. people use computers. people use computers to make more art. people use + computers + to + talk to one another. people use computers to cope. people use computers to write. people use computers + to + write + software. people use computers to design hardware. computing is for people.

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    BALANCES:

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      getting things done/having fun

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      it is important to account for the scale of time. to do things well, but to also complete. there is + time + for + development (actualisation), and there is time for maintenance and repair (care). it is too easy to + discard + things, to move on to the next thing, but it is also bad to be stuck on one problem.

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      gift-giving/self-care

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      the only way to improve the world is by giving gifts with no strings attached. however, to be able to + give + gifts, one must take care of themselves and avoid burnout. social support and proper compensation is + paramount, + while still protecting oneself from greed.

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      doing/doing nothing

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      sometimes one has to do nothing to do something. truly nothing.

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      openness/resilience

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      open cultures and spaces/clubs and friend networks. the bazaar/the cathedral. in extending love to + others + outside, but still protecting and cultivating the microcultures, the small-scale social bonds.

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      the new/the old

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      architectures that are old are new again. architectures which are new become old. things which have + stuck + around may have stuck around for a reason. things that are new are not automatically good. things that + are + old + are not automatically good. things that are new may stick around for a reason.

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required reading:

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  • manifesto! maintenance art -- proposal for an exhibition "CARE" - Mierle Laderman Ukeles
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  • notes on "camp" - Susan Sontag
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  • (an overview on) an overview on phenomenal nature - Cassandra Jenkins
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  • how to do nothing - Jenny Odell
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  • all about love - bell hooks
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  • the telekommunist manifesto - Dmytri Kleiner
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+ + + -- cgit