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Author: ugrnm <ultrageranium@bleu255.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 15:00:17 +0100
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-Its technology is how a society copes with physical reality: how people get and
-keep and cook food, how they clothe themselves, what their power sources are
-(animal? human? water? wind? electricity? other?) what they build with and what
-they build, their medicine — and so on and on. Perhaps very ethereal people
-aren’t interested in these mundane, bodily matters, but I’m fascinated by them,
-and I think most of my readers are too.
-
-Technology is the active human interface with the material world.
-
-But the word is consistently misused to mean only the enormously complex and
-specialised technologies of the past few decades, supported by massive
-exploitation both of natural and human resources.
-
-This is not an acceptable use of the word. “Technology” and “hi tech” are not
-synonymous, and a technology that isn't “hi,” isn’t necessarily '“low” in any
-meaningful sense.
-
-We have been so desensitized by a hundred and fifty years of ceaselessly
-expanding technical prowess that we think nothing less complex and showy than a
-computer or a jet bomber deserves to be called “technology” at all. As if linen
-were the same thing as flax — as if paper, ink, wheels, knives, clocks, chairs,
-aspirin pills, were natural objects, born with us like our teeth and fingers —
-as if steel saucepans with copper bottoms and fleece vests spun from recycled
-glass grew on trees, and we just picked them when they were ripe...
+Add the starter
+===============
+
+Gather people, build rhythm, and set gentle infrastructure.
+
+A collective begins when someone makes an invitation. Start small — a table, a
+chat, a shared activity — and let curiosity guide the form. Rhythm matters more
+than scale.
+
+
+**Suggestions**
+
+- Begin with a recurring rhythm (weekly, monthly) — consistency beats ambition.
+- Try to keep the language and terms you use accessible — allow first time visitors to gradually dive into the topic
+- Use simple means to organise and communicate: one poster, one shared document, and make use of the permacomputing.net infrastructure (a.o. web hosting and chatroom for your group) and code of conduct. See https://permacomputing.net/onboarding/
+- Choose a format that feels accessible for your gatherings — informal meet-ups over rigid workshops.
+- Let organisational logistics develop over time, as more people join in. Trust that your understanding of what kind of work, documents, and tools are needed, will become more clear gradually.
+
+
+**Quotes**
+
+> Its technology is how a society copes with physical reality: how people get and keep and cook food, how they clothe themselves, what their power sources are (animal? human? water? wind? electricity? other?) what they build with and what they build, their medicine — and so on and on. Perhaps very ethereal people aren’t interested in these mundane, bodily matters, but I’m fascinated by them, and I think most of my readers are too. (blablabla, 2050)
+
+> Technology is the active human interface with the material world. (sdjkfhjksdh, 666)
+
+> But the word is consistently misused to mean only the enormously complex and specialised technologies of the past few decades, supported by massive exploitation both of natural and human resources. (sdkfsdfjkljklfsdjklsdf, 1999)
