As the title says, what are all of the different futurisms, or like imaginings of the future?

So far in my sphere, i know of a few: solarpunk, cyberpunk, retrofuturism, and transhumanism.

• solarpunk: green new decolonialized future where we use technology, natural systems, and cultual wisdom to live sustainably and in harmony with the Earth and others

• cyberpunk: dystopia where technology is capable of many things, but is used in all the wrong ways. Megacorps control everything, and tech is ubiquitous

• transhumanism: future where humans can overcome their linitations through technology, and we also delve into deeper questions of how technology and its use affects people

• retrofuturism (i'm probably thinking more of atompunk, help me here???): Star Trek-esque, optimistic, 1900s view of the future with the typical flying cars, space hotels, and luxury comforts in a utopic setting

Can you guys think of any others? And if i'm wrong, please do correct me

I was thinking about this a litle bit. If we are enabling bootstrapping, shouldn't we do it in such a way where all the materials are easily acceesible to people?

I haven't fully thought this out, but could one way to self sufficiency be through organic chemistry and plastics engineering? Likw think about it. Plastics can be made in a variety of ways and styles, woth different properties, not to mention they can easily be formed from carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, etc, all of which are very easily accessible. I can acknowledge that there are a lot of risks, such as filtering out dangerous plastics or minimizing their use, as well as addressing plastic pollution, but if we can do it in the right way, we could have a viabke path towards common people/bootstrapped l collectives being able to make their own stuff cheaply.

Please corect me if I am wrong, and thank you for reading!

This video is a look into how the Bhuddist conept of mindfulness was appropriated and commodified by capitalists to solve "mental health problems", only for it to seem more sinister than the name suggests. This Western "mindfulness lite" can actually do more damage by instilling certain attitudes into people, reaffirming biases, and making people docile and subservient.

Some more actionable notes from the video:

• [ ] McMindfulness -- the appropriation and watering down of Bhuddist Mindfulness
  • [ ] Appropriated "mindfullness" used to neforce subservience and docility to capitalism -- mindfulness as a technique to get happy, obedient workers
  • [ ] Religion and faith traditions can be powerful, but when tied closely to the state, religion can also be used to militarize
  • [ ] Mindfulness is a more complex topic--not "shutting off your brain and not thinking", but rather thinking critically
  • [ ] Engaged Bhuddism -- similar to liberation theology
    • [ ] Learn about other radical theologies -- I know black radicalism pretty well, but need to learn about other peoples and cultures

This video is a look into how the Bhuddist conept of mindfulness was appropriated and commodified by capitalists to solve "mental health problems", only for it to seem more sinister than the name suggests. This Western "mindfulness lite" can actually do more damage by instilling certain attitudes into people, reaffirming biases, and making people docile and subservient.l, and not solving the problems that cause mental health problems.

Some more actionable notes from the video:

• [ ] McMindfulness -- the appropriation and watering down of Bhuddist Mindfulness
  • [ ] Appropriated "mindfullness" used to neforce subservience and docility to capitalism -- mindfulness as a technique to get happy, obedient workers
  • [ ] Religion and faith traditions can be powerful, but when tied closely to the state, religion can also be used to militarize
  • [ ] Mindfulness is a more complex topic--not "shutting off your brain and not thinking", but rather thinking critically
  • [ ] Engaged Bhuddism -- similar to liberation theology
    • [ ] Learn about other radical theologies -- I know black radicalism pretty well, but need to learn about other peoples and cultures

What advice would you give to someone who is trying to teach themselves software development skills? I'm doing that right now, and I'm finding it easy to understand, yet difficult to implement in computer code. I want to move onto more advanced stuff, but I feel that I don't have enough experience quite yet. What skills/courses would you recommend I take? How did you get better on your coding journey? Any tips to make the process go faster? Thanks in advance!

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/kbinStyles/t/109271

> kbin-mod-options > ========== > > Description > ---------- > > The purpose of this script is to allow mods to more easily implement settings. > > Functionality > ---------- > > ### Header ### > > > kmoAddHeader(<modName>, <{author: 'name', version: 'versionNumber', license: 'licenseType', url: 'modUrl'}>); > > > > * modName - required > * info object - optional > > #### Example #### > > > kmoAddHeader( > 'kbin-mod-options examples', > { > author: 'Ori', > version: '0.1', > license: 'MIT', > url: 'https://github.com/Oricul' > } > ); > > > > Header Example > > ### Toggle Switch ### > > > kmoAddToggle(<settingLabel>, <settingValue>, <settingDescription>); > > > > * settingLabel - required > * settingValue - required > * settingDescription - optional > > #### Example #### > > > // Create toggle switch > const settingEnabled = kmoAddToggle( > 'Enabled', > true, > 'Turns this mod on or off.' > ); > // Listen for toggle > settingEnabled.addEventListener("click", () => { > // Log enabled state to console. > console.log( kmoGetToggle(settingEnabled) ); > }); > > > > Toggle Switch Example > > ### Drop-Down ### > > > kmoAddDropDown(<settingLabel>, <[{name: 'friendlyName', value: 'backendValue'},{name: 'friendlyNameTwo', value: 'backendValueTwo'}]>, <currentSetting>, <settingDescription>); > > > > * settingLabel - required > * options array - required > * name/value in options array - required > * currentSetting - required > * settingDescription - optional > > #### Example #### > > > // Create drop down > const font = kmoAddDropDown( > 'Font', > [ > { > name: 'Arial', > value: 'font-arial' > },{ > name: 'Consolas', > value: 'font-consolas' > } > ], > 'font-consolas', > 'Choose a font for kbin.' > ); > // Listen for drop down change > font.addEventListener("change", () => { > // Log drop down selection to console. > console.log( kmoGetDropDown(font) ); > }); > > > > Drop-Down Example > > ### Button ### > > > kmoAddButton(<settingLabel>, <buttonLabel>, <settingDescription>); > > > > * settingLabel - required > * buttonLabel - required > * settingDescription - optional > > #### Example #### > > > // Create button const > const resetButton = kmoAddButton( > 'Default Settings', > 'Reset', > 'Resets settings to defaults.' > ); > // Listen for button press. > resetButton.addEventListener("click", () => { > // Log press to console. > console.log( 'button pressed!' ); > }); > > > > Button Example > > ### Color Dropper ### > > > kmoAddColorDropper(<settingLabel>, <currentColor>, <settingDescription>); > > > > * settingLabel - required > * currentColor - required > * settingDescription - optional > > #### Example #### > > > // Create color dropper const > const primaryColor = kmoAddColorDropper( > 'Primary Color', > '#0ff', > 'Select primary theme color' > ); > // Listen for new color change > primaryColor.addEventListener("change", () => { > // Log color selection out to console. > console.log( primaryColor.value ); > }); > > > > Color Dropper Example > > Usage > ---------- > > Simply add kbin-mod-options to your script's requires. > > > // @require https://github.com/Oricul/kbin-scripts/raw/main/kbin-mod-options.js > > > > ### Example ### > > > // ==UserScript== > // @name kbin-mod-options-dev > // @namespace https://github.com/Oricul > // @version 0.1 > // @description Attempt at standardizing mod options. > // @author 0rito > // @license MIT > // @match https://kbin.social/* > // @icon https://kbin.social/favicon.svg > // @grant none > // @require https://github.com/Oricul/kbin-scripts/raw/main/kbin-mod-options.js > // ==/UserScript== > > (function() { > 'use strict'; > > // Section header - kmoAddHeader(<modName>, {author: 'name', version: 'versionNumber', license: 'licenseType', url: 'modUrl'}); > // modName - required, author - optional, version - optional, license - optional, url - optional > kmoAddHeader( > 'kbin-mod-options examples', > { > author: 'Ori', > version: '0.1', > license: 'MIT', > url: 'https://github.com/Oricul' > } > ); > // Toggle switch - kmoAddToggle(<settingLabel>, <settingValue>, <settingDescription>); > // settingLabel - required, settingValue - required, settingDescription - optional > const settingOne = kmoAddToggle( > 'Enabled', > true, > 'Turn this mod on or off.' > ); > // Listener for toggle switch - kmoGetToggle(<toggleSwitchVar>); > // toggleSwitchVar - required > settingOne.addEventListener("click", () => { > console.log(kmoGetToggle(settingOne)); > }); > // Dropdown Menu - kmoAddDropDown(<settingLabel>, [{name: 'name', value: 'value'},{name: 'name2', value: 'value2'}], <currentSetting>, <settingDescription>); > // settingLabel - required, name & value - required, currentSetting - required, settingDescription - optional > const settingTwo = kmoAddDropDown( > 'Font', > [ > { > name: 'Arial', > value: 'font-arial' > },{ > name: 'Consolas', > value: 'font-consolas' > } > ], > 'font-consolas', > 'Choose a site-wide font.'); > // Listener for dropdown menu - kmoGetDropDown(<dropDownVar>); > // dropDownVar - required > settingTwo.addEventListener("change", () => { > console.log(kmoGetDropDown(settingTwo)); > }); > // Button - kmoAddButton(<settingLabel>, <buttonLabel>, <settingDescription>); > // settingLabel - required, buttonLabel - required, settingDescription - optional > const settingThree = kmoAddButton( > 'Default Settings', > 'Reset', > 'Resets settings to defaults.' > ); > // Listener example for buttons. > settingThree.addEventListener("click", () => { > console.log('button pressed'); > }); > // Color Dropper - kmoAddColorDropper(<settingLabel>, <currentColor>, <settingDescription>); > // settingLabel - required, currentColor - required, settingDescription - optional > const settingFour = kmoAddColorDropper( > 'Primary Color', > '#0ff', > 'Select primary color for style.' > ); > // Listener example for color dropper. > settingFour.addEventListener("change", () => { > console.log(settingFour.value); > }); > })(); > >

I think this video is a pretty interesting look into highlighting larger issues of being a minority in an online space. Oftentimes, we never really get the opportunity to represent ourselves online, and this has a bunch of issues. I know, especially in interacting in online spaces where race is never explicitly brought up...

cross-posted from: https://yiffit.net/post/21886

> An oldie but a goodie. > Artist: https://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/kacey/

This is an academic seminar which takes a look at post-scarcity. I suggest listening when doing something mundane.

In the talk, Brenanav goes over the main tenets of current post-scarcity research, as well as concerning economic trends over labor productivity and automation. He then gives some suggestions on how we must change our perspective of work, and at the least, start thinking about changing our economy from one of growth.

Some of the interesting pints I found from the article were that

1. jobs aren't being destroyed, but job creation is slowing down dramatically

2. despite automation and productivity increasing, economic growth has been slowing dramatically, and this has resulted in a feedback loop where firms hold onto money more and more, thereby negatively affecting communities by disinvesting in them

3. There is something called jobless recovery -- in the United States, Brenanav noted that after each economic recession it took longer and longer to get back to the same level of unemployment as in a boom time