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https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com is new to me, anyone have any thoughts on them?

• bpiche 4y ago
  He's carrying the torch of Ivan Illich, basically. It's a reference to 'Tools for Conviviality'. Illich himself was a minor celebrity in the 70s/80s/90s and appeared on the front cover of The Whole Earth Quarterly or the Coevolution Quarterly once, I forget which issue, but it was about his 'Silence is a Commons' essay. He was a chemist, and a Catholic theologian, and a great humanist philosopher. He sort of ran a commune in Mexico in his later years. I miss him. edit, personal note: I was a big fan as a teenager. My dad has all the Whole Earth issues and had a few Illich books in the basement and I really enjoyed Tools for Conviviality a lot. As well as Medical Nemesis, To Hell With Good Intentions, and Deschooling Society. That one almost made me drop out of high school.
• UncleOxidant 4y ago
  I've been liking reading his musings on technology and it's effects - with an emphasis on the effects that social media is having on society - essentially making us less convivial.