A Message to Artists from Terence Mckenna [1990]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5wrcMiT2jMTerence McKenna - Opening the Doors of Creativity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzIUNQ9HxzUthe good the true and the beautiful
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/the-good-the-true-and-the-beau-HR_5MnB4TaSzDJXuEQt7dQ"The Good, the True, and the Beautiful" are three classical transcendentals—fundamental qualities that describe reality and human experience closely tied to philosophy and theology. They represent universal ideals: - The **Good** is about purpose and moral rightness, fulfilling what something was meant to achieve. - The **True** is about conformity to reality, objective fact, or being in alignment with what is real and unchanging. - The **Beautiful** arises where goodness and truth are realized; it appeals to the feelings, imagination, and self-expression. Philosophically, these three are interconnected and often viewed as inseparable parts of a unified whole that represent how humans seek meaning, ethics, and aesthetics. They are seen not as subjective but as transcendent realities that everything participates in to some degree. Some thinkers trace this triad back to Plato, Aristotle, and later Christian thought, where it is even linked metaphorically to the Trinity—God embodying all three (Good, True, Beautiful). C.S. Lewis and others highlight an ontological sequence flowing from Being to Truth, then Goodness, then Beauty, suggesting truth as the foundation—knowing reality accurately—followed by ethical action (goodness), and then flourishing or excellence (beauty). In summary, they express how humans understand and engage with reality intellectually (truth), morally (good), and aesthetically or emotionally (beautiful), all rooted in a shared reality beyond mere opinion or preference.[1][2][3][4] [1](
https://www.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale-blog/academics/classical-liberal-arts/good-true-beautiful/)[2](
https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2022/11/power-true-good-beautiful-joseph-pearce.html)[3](
https://universalfamily.org/c-s-lewis-peter-kreeft-and-the-sequence-truth-goodness-and-beauty/)[4](
https://integrallife.com/good-true-beautiful/)[5](
https://www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/s8a0e4/beauty_goodness_and_truth_when_one_of_them_is/)[6](
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMWNjvTQnTU)[7](
https://www.uu.edu/societies/inklings/books/seenoevil/SeeNoEvil_Chapter3.pdf)[8](
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-true-the-good-and-the-beautiful/9780231213127/)I grew up in San Francisco, walking with my family by the Golden Gate Bridge. I still remember the thick and iconic chain railing that gave the place a sense of distinctiveness. Now the chains are gone, and they've been replaced by a soulless metal railing that's colder than a hospital waiting room. I'm sure some bureaucrat somewhere justified it with a tidy spreadsheet, but they stripped away a little piece of San Francisco's soul in the process. This is how a culture loses its charm: slowly, quietly... one small decision at a time. Ok, the poet Dana Gioia explained the problem better than I ever could. This rips: "The failure of the public sector in this nation is embodied in thousands of ugly buildings and public spaces. These places have been built practically. They are practical and functional in every respect except in practice, since they communicate to the average person that the citizen is just a number in a game of cost efficiency and crowd control. The experience that Americans have with walking up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial is the experience of beauty, the embodiment of our political vision of the beauty of democracy, expressed in great architecture, great sculpture, great landscaping, and great language, carved calligraphically in the very walls of the memorial. Just look at a Depression-era post office with marble floors, carved wooden counters, brass fixtures and often an original mural. This was a vision of a beautiful society to which any citizen who entered could participate in. Today the post office is all vinyl and plexiglass. It offers no vision but expediency. We are not citizens, but customers in a cut rate 99 cent store vision of democracy. No wonder the public doesn't believe in the government. The government seems not to believe in them as alert, intelligent, sensory human beings." @DanaGioiaPoet
https://x.com/david_perell/status/1933258908191371307Why I'm Quitting the Japanese Duolingo Course (An Honest Review)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf-SbSfiXn4This Is Why Everything SUCKS Now - Sam Hyde, Nick Rochefort & Charls Carroll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=YJlzbWHZYskMy Honest Review of Replit | Is it Worth Buying?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFxsFzc-X-0Late comment, but I subscribed because this is the only honest review of these "tools" that I've seen. These things are nothing more than scams atm and these companies are taking advantage of the hype. They know these tools don't work and still charge outrageous prices. I am an engineer and the simple truth is that there is no existing model that can do what these companies are promising. We'll see what happens with GPT-03 and following models.
What Is The Jamstack?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySJGjo3_EX4did Jamstack fail
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/did-jamstack-fail-ghOwOLD1TACsRdVB8oWBSgThe Jamstack approach to web development has faced significant criticism and challenges, leading some to argue that it has "failed" in its original form, while others suggest it has simply evolved or been absorbed into broader modern web development practices. ## Criticisms of Jamstack 1. **Complexity and Limitations**: - Critics argue that Jamstack introduced unnecessary complexity, especially for basic functionalities like handling comments. Solutions often involved cumbersome workarounds or reliance on third-party services, which undermined the simplicity it promised[2][3]. - The architecture often made content creators overly dependent on developers, as headless CMS systems lacked intuitive tools for non-technical users, such as easy content previews[4]. 2. **Shift in Focus**: - The original promise of Jamstack—progressive enhancement with minimal JavaScript—was overshadowed by the rise of complex single-page applications (SPAs) and API-heavy architectures. This shift led to bloated ecosystems and reliance on immature frameworks[1]. 3. **Netlify's Role**: - Netlify, which coined the term JAMstack, has been criticized for pivoting toward enterprise-focused solutions rather than addressing architectural issues like API complexity and lack of support for server-side technologies beyond JavaScript[1]. ## Evolution or Failure? 1. **Integration into Modern Practices**: - Many argue that Jamstack's principles (decoupled frontends, APIs, and static assets) have been so widely adopted that they no longer require a distinct label. These practices are now standard in modern web development[6]. 2. **Rebranding and Broader Focus**: - Companies like Netlify have moved away from the term "Jamstack," instead focusing on broader concepts like the "composable web," reflecting a shift from the rigid constraints of the original architecture[6]. 3. **Mixed Opinions**: - While some see Jamstack as a failure due to its inability to deliver on its initial promises, others believe it succeeded in influencing web development trends to such an extent that its specific branding is no longer necessary[5][6]. In summary, while the original vision of Jamstack may have faltered due to complexity and misaligned priorities, its core principles remain influential in modern web development. The term itself is fading as these ideas become mainstream. Citations: [1]
https://www.spicyweb.dev/farewell-jamstack/[2]
https://leoloso.com/posts/jamstack-failing-at-comments/[3]
https://dev.to/leoloso/how-the-jamstack-is-failing-at-comments-3cep[4]
https://www.stackbit.com/blog/the-missing-piece-of-the-jamstack[5]
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36944545[6]
https://jaystechbites.com/posts/2024/is-jamstack-really-dead-or-just-evolving-with-the-times/