THE ABOLITION OF WORK – arguing that modern work be abolished in favor of a “ludic”, play-based society. “I am not playing definitional games with anybody. When I say I want to abolish work, I mean just what I say, but I want to say what I mean by defining my terms in non-idiosyncratic ways….more

Google Search: unburdened crawl toward death – an argument for shedding possessions from King Lear?

Famine, Affluence, and Morality, by Peter Singer – Singer supports Kravinsky’s kidney choice; is it possible to reconcile wonderful acts like that with an autotelic personality? “My next point is this: if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to…more

bookofjoe: Zell Kravinsky – Psycho or Saint? – kravinsky donated a kidney to a stranger because it was “1000 times more valuable to her”; the opposite of autotelism, though he argues he was compelled to do so.

WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: Rheingold on Cooperation – Rheingold’s cooperation project aims to usurp the current economy with one based on cooperation and mutual benefit; technology has greased the tracks to make this possible

Many-to-Many: Hacking vs. Research – Howard Rheingold on letting lots of kids do your testing, waiting for a “hundred-bagger”.

Marginal Revolution: Is education good for growth? – education as a primarily heterotelic task, may interfere with productivity. Does that mean autotelic activities increase productivity?

Tutorials – VX 220 Rendering – creating a finished rendering

Tutorials – VX 220 Rendering – quick sketch tutorial, from pencil to markers to photoshop, in 8 minutes

model making with paper, mesh, and paint – to do looks-like prototypes