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Inside: Kickstarting "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI"; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/14/who-it-does-it-for/
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@pluralistic No book signing in Washington DC? You get us hooked on collecting your inscribed books, then change the terms so we can only buy one in a way that’s less fun. There ought to be a word for that.
@DavidReed The word is "exhaustion." I've just hit a wall on the places I can go - I'm already changing cities every 2-3 days.
You'll be able to order the book from any of the stores where I'm signing and I can personalize it and get it to you.
There's a very good chance I'll get to DC in the coming year, though not as part of the tour, and I always add a public event when time permits.
@pluralistic Brian Eno's earlier collaborative effort "Oblique Strategies" is a must find. A great semi-secular alternative to #tarot. #obliquestrategies #eno
When I saw Eno there were a few anecdotes about how Oblique Strategies caused shenanigans, but of course your experience may vary.
@bms48 @pluralistic Also available as an app, for your daily pinch of wisdom
@bms48 @pluralistic today’s strategy
@ueberlauch @EdwinvMeerkerk @alexmagill @pluralistic I just got "Be extravagant" from the online deck.
@bms48 @ueberlauch @EdwinvMeerkerk @pluralistic I know a great kickstarter you could back! 😉
@bms48 Yes indeed! My favorite: "Be the first person to not do something that no one has ever not thought of doing before."
TODAY (May 14), I'm doing a free virtual event for the Electronic Frontier Foundation with Wendy "Abolish Silicon Valley" Liu, on the theme of "How to Disenshittify the Internet":
https://www.eff.org/event/effecting-change-enshittification
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Kickstarting "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI"
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116572614229319430
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Hey look at this
* Pee To Melt ICE Free Urinal Stickers https://peetomeltice.com/
* We Are Crashing Into the Future (Or It Is Crashing Into Us) https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/we-are-crashing-into-the-future/
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#25yrsago RIP, Douglas Adams http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1326657.stm
#20yrsago Douglas Coupland models his life & books on net rumors about him https://web.archive.org/web/20060515220320/https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.05/posts.html?pg=6
#15yrsago Vindictive lumber baron’s far-flung heirs inherit, 91 years after his death https://abcnews.com/Business/lumber-barons-descendants-receive-inheritance-92-years-death/story?id=13569633
#15yrsago R2D2 trashcan https://web.archive.org/web/20171208014511/https://i.imgur.com/x3w0I.jpg
#15yrsago Napier’s Bones: math and mysticism make for great international adventure https://memex.craphound.com/2011/05/12/napiers-bones-math-and-mysticism-make-for-great-international-adventure/
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