Winning Slowly

Rejecting solutionism, the problems of the humane, and wise change. Show Notes We dig into the challenge of taking a non-solutionist approach and rejecting a technocratic view of the world… while not rejecting “interventions” and making real progress along the way. Corrections Stephen accidentally referred to Chris’ reference in his newsletter to C. S. Lewis’ foreword to St. Athanasius’ On the Incarnation as “On the Annunciation”—the annunciation is a related but distinct bit of Christian doctrine, when the Incarnation was announced (‘annunciated’) to Mary, the mother of Jesus. Chris thought we talked about thinking-together-about-cell-phones in Season 4; it was all the way back in Season 3. Links “The Slow Web” and the limits of “solutions”, Chris’ newsletter issue mentioned on the episode The Slow Web The Convivial Society, No. 15: Fortnite and the Good Life, L. M. Sacasas This is Water, David Foster Wallace’s commencement address at Kenyon College A Regulatory Framework for the Internet, Ben Thompson’s