Laws of Saturday House
1. Thou Shalt Not Testify Against High Ideals.
2. Thou Shalt Not Testify Against High Dreams.
3. Thou Shalt Act, Plan to Act, or, at the very least: Pray to
Act.
4. Thou Shalt Show Up.
5. Thou Shalt Treat Other Saturday Housers with Trust, Clarity,
Respect, and Solidarity.
-> 6. Thou Shalt Obey Lion.
Wow, read Mao much? Change some of those lines to say "Revolution" or
"Communist Party" for good measure.
This is NOT what I am talking about.
You do realize, if you want to change the world, you need to work with
that 99%. You need to give those 99% a reason to get out of the house
and do something besides watch TV. You need to get those hackers who
huddle behind computer screens a reason to get a social life. Those
people with nothing to do some reason to get out and do something.
I know you're into that French group that hollowed out those caves
under that house, and filled them full of art. Pretty cool, I agree.
But this ideology is not going to give rise to a vibrant cross-domain
group. It is going to drive away a whole host of otherwise interested
people. I don't think a single Dorkbotter will be inetrested now.
I think Lion, you will be disappointed by Bucketworks. They have very
little ideology, and do a lot of work with local businesses and
groups.
And the reason I want a large group, with minimal ideology is the
following:
1) A lower mental barrier to entry. You're not going to put people
off. This should not feel like you are going to church. Or that you
need to meet some membership test.
2) Larger groups can afford larger spaces. Larger spaces enable more
things, like guest speakers, art installations, etc.
3) Larger groups can afford to hire a caretaker to keep the space open
longer. Not just Saturday, but weekdays as well. No need to try and
decide what day is best for the entire group. Smaller groups can show
up when it works for them
4) Cross pollination. Disparate interests increase the opportunities
for novelty.
We need SEEDS, not ideology. What do you want your garden to look
like, and go from there.
More art? Reach out to artists.
More programming? Reach out to programmers.
These groups already are pretty progressive, and usually pretty high
minded as well.
So Lion, you get what you want w/o the need for ideology. Ideology,
taken seriously, is a major repellent to the kinds of people you need
to attract to create the environment you want. :)
If we need a ideology, then it should be fun, like Subgenius, or Dada,
and not take itself too seriously.
* THE HACK is important. A Hack can involve art,technology or
ideas.
* Actions speak louder than words
* Do the simplest thing that could possibly work.
* Create something NOW
* If you smell something burning, it could be you. You're probably
on the right track
* Hacking something something..... We'll work it out.
* You don't need a reason to do something, only the will.
* Failure is a option but not an excuse.
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