Category Archives: motivation

59. Super-Culture And The Ghost In The Machine

Posted on June 5, 2013 by thormay

Pref­ace: This lit­tle essay is a bit mis­chie­vous, and appar­ently polit­i­cally incor­rect enough to have sparked out­rage in the minds of some sen­si­tive souls from the polite din­ner party set. Although it has no claims to aca­d­e­mic decency, I have … Con­tinue read­ing →

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49. Cultural Operating Systems – Thoughts on Designing Cultures

Posted on September 5, 2010 by thormay

This (non-aca­d­e­mic) arti­cle cov­ers a lot of ter­ri­tory, noth­ing less than the “cul­tural oper­at­ing sys­tems” within which we live, how they have changed, and how they might be changed. There is a kind of arro­gance in toy­ing with the ele­ments … Con­tinue read­ing →

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19. Unseen Grammar – Suspecting The God Of Cracks Between The Floorboards

Posted on June 21, 2001 by thormay

We put thirty spokes together and call it a wheel; But it is on the space where there is noth­ing that the use­ful­ness of the wheel depends. We turn clay to make a ves­sel; But it is on the space where … Con­tinue read­ing →

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14. Why Grasshoppers Don’t Have A Problem

Posted on January 29, 2001 by thormay

If you think of the human men­tal sys­tem in terms com­pa­ra­ble to the oper­at­ing sys­tem of a com­puter, then there is a curi­ous incom­plete­ness about it. Of course the house­keep­ing func­tions, the bits that tell your body to breath and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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