bite the dog days that bit you
Low humour in high summer... or is it the other way around? Anyway, here's what happened at Worldbuilding Agency this week.
Paul Graham Raven
week 30 / 2024
This week: in defense of theory, by way of Daoism... and against the imperatives of branding one's work and oneself.
a requiem for "The Future"
What is the object of the verb "to future"? What is its subject? And what are the implications of the answers to those two questions?
feeling out the format
Less a round-up of the last week on Worldbuilding Agency, and more an exploration of what such round-ups will likely look like, on weeks when things have actually happened.
week 29 / 2024
This week: ethnography-in-reverse as an analogy for narrative prototyping... and the infrastructurality of the scroll-wheel?
Week 28 / 2024
This week: the power of moving from mere analogy to full metaphor... and why sometimes one needs to simply start.
Week 27 / 2024
This week: why it's good to end a workshop when there's still energy in the room... and why it's good (for me, at least) to act the fool somewhat.