diff --git a/src/content/journal/2007/gtd.mdx b/src/content/journal/2007/gtd.mdx index 147f3c0..13e5646 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2007/gtd.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2007/gtd.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "GTD: Getting Things Done" slug: gtd author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2007-11-24T01:15:00+02:00 +date: 2007-11-24 description: "I’ve been working with GTD (Getting Things Done) for 1.5 years: An Introduction to Organization and Self-Management with GTD." tags: ["productivity", "self-improvement", "book"] --- diff --git a/src/content/journal/2007/japanese-colors.mdx b/src/content/journal/2007/japanese-colors.mdx index cfc7ae2..7090a32 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2007/japanese-colors.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2007/japanese-colors.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Colors of Japan slug: japanese-colors author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2007-12-08T21:05:00+02:00 +date: 2007-12-08 description: Traditional, Japanese colors as a color palette for Photoshop and Illustrator to download (FREE). tags: ["design", "download", "book", "recommendation"] --- diff --git a/src/content/journal/2007/koi-design.mdx b/src/content/journal/2007/koi-design.mdx index 6192aff..96d7350 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2007/koi-design.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2007/koi-design.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Koi Design slug: koi-design author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2007-06-02T02:00:00+02:00 +date: 2007-06-02 description: Irezumi (Japanese tattooing) is an inspiration for my website and the origin of my design. cover: /assets/images/cover/design-koi.jpg tags: ["design", "book"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2009/git.mdx b/src/content/journal/2009/git.mdx index e9690eb..a38c7b4 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2009/git.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2009/git.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Git slug: git author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2009-02-10T20:00:00+02:00 +date: 2009-02-10 description: An extensive collection of links to tutorials, tutorials, screencasts, and documentation on Git. cover: /assets/images/cover/git.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2009/gitweb-theme.mdx b/src/content/journal/2009/gitweb-theme.mdx index 7930970..b93fa53 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2009/gitweb-theme.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2009/gitweb-theme.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: GitWeb Theme slug: gitweb-theme author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2009-02-19T20:00:00+02:00 +date: 2009-02-19 description: My popular theme for GitWeb to download for free. Now GitWeb looks more similar to GitHub and is not ugly anymore. tags: ["download", "design"] --- diff --git a/src/content/journal/2009/home-documentary.mdx b/src/content/journal/2009/home-documentary.mdx index dd41661..4f5be14 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2009/home-documentary.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2009/home-documentary.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: HOME slug: home-documentary author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2009-06-15T17:23:00+02:00 +date: 2009-06-15 description: "Recommended Film: View the nature documentation HOME by Yann Arthus-Bertrand for FREE. Beautiful aerial photographs of the world. The creation of the earth, life, destruction by man and hope and ways out." cover: /assets/images/cover/home-documentary.jpg tags: ["film", "recommendation"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2010/rework.mdx b/src/content/journal/2010/rework.mdx index 13fb001..cca9b66 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2010/rework.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2010/rework.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Rework slug: rework author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2010-04-27T16:30:00+02:00 +date: 2010-04-27 description: "Reading recommendation for the new book from Basecamp: Rework. A short, well-illustrated book on product development and how to run a company that has not been wrongly put on the bestseller list for a long time and has been praised to the highest standards." cover: /assets/images/cover/rework.jpg tags: ["book", "recommendation"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2010/vim.mdx b/src/content/journal/2010/vim.mdx index 59d482c..9d4c899 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2010/vim.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2010/vim.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Vim slug: vim author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2010-10-29T19:00:00+02:00 +date: 2010-10-29 description: How I became a convinced Vim disciple, why Vim is an ingenious editor, and how to best practice if you want to learn Vim. cover: /assets/images/cover/vim-polisher.jpg tags: ["code"] @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tags: ["code"] Something similar was said by the superhero _He-Man_ from the 80s TV show _Masters of the Universe_ before he got his superpowers. And Vim exists about as long as the TV show: **22 years**. And the older Vi, on which Vim is based, has been around even longer than I live. If a _simple_ text editor exists for a long time and gives these _powers_, it has to be something special about it.
- Vim, Reinigungs- und Poliermittel. + Vim, Reinigungs- und Poliermittel.
The first time I stumbled upon Vim (or Vi) a couple of years ago, was when I first had to edit any file on a server and none of my fancy editors worked there. The first time I worked with Vi(m) was my natural reaction: WTF, I cannot tap until I press `i`? Who invented this crap? diff --git a/src/content/journal/2010/webstandards-magazine-django.mdx b/src/content/journal/2010/webstandards-magazine-django.mdx index f0e2285..ecffeef 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2010/webstandards-magazine-django.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2010/webstandards-magazine-django.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Django Article slug: webstandards-magazine-django author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2010-09-21T09:25:00+02:00 +date: 2010-09-21 description: I was asked to write a multipage article about Django in Webstandards-Magazin. I wrote about what I appreciate about Django and why I use it. cover: /assets/images/cover/webstandards-magazine-django.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2011/decodeunicode.mdx b/src/content/journal/2011/decodeunicode.mdx index 93513bd..6e9f807 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2011/decodeunicode.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2011/decodeunicode.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Decodeunicode slug: decodeunicode author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2011-06-02T18:38:00+02:00 +date: 2011-06-02 description: "Book recommendation for those who are interested in writing and characters: 'decodeunicode - Die Schriftzeichen der Welt'. 656 pages thick, almost 2 kg heavy, and with all 109,242 current characters of the Unicode character set." cover: /assets/images/cover/book-decodeunicode.jpg tags: ["book", "design", "recommendation"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-1-intro-setup.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-1-intro-setup.mdx index ff4e27c..cb18c8e 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-1-intro-setup.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-1-intro-setup.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Introduction to Gulp.js 1: Intro and Setup" slug: gulp-tutorial-1-intro-setup author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-10-18T08:35:47+02:00 +date: 2014-10-18 description: "The ultimate tutorial and guide for Gulp.js: The first part of my series on Gulp.js. What is Gulp.js? Why use it? And how to install Gulp and Jekyll." cover: /assets/images/cover/gulp.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-10-generating-sprites.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-10-generating-sprites.mdx index ef5cb58..fa7ac9a 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-10-generating-sprites.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-10-generating-sprites.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Introduction to Gulp.js 10: Generating CSS Image Sprites" slug: gulp-tutorial-10-generating-sprites author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-10-27T07:40:00+02:00 +date: 2014-10-27 description: "The ultimate tutorial and guide for Gulp.js: How to generate image sprite maps with Spritesmith." cover: /assets/images/cover/gulp.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-11-production-build-server-and-jekyll.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-11-production-build-server-and-jekyll.mdx index 7bd5677..855a0ab 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-11-production-build-server-and-jekyll.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-11-production-build-server-and-jekyll.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Introduction to Gulp.js 11: Production Build, Server and Jekyll" slug: gulp-tutorial-11-production-build-server-and-jekyll author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-10-28T07:30:00+02:00 +date: 2014-10-28 description: "The ultimate tutorial and guide for Gulp.js: How to write the production task for Jekyll and BrowserSync." cover: /assets/images/cover/gulp.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-12-optimize-css-javascript-images-and-html.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-12-optimize-css-javascript-images-and-html.mdx index 0077b88..db322d9 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-12-optimize-css-javascript-images-and-html.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-12-optimize-css-javascript-images-and-html.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Introduction to Gulp.js 12: Optimize CSS, JavaScript, Images and HTML" slug: gulp-tutorial-12-optimize-css-javascript-images-and-html author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-10-29T08:00:00+02:00 +date: 2014-10-29 description: "The ultimate tutorial and guide for Gulp.js: How to optimize CSS, JavaScript, images, and HTML to speed up your website." cover: /assets/images/cover/gulp.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-13-revisioning.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-13-revisioning.mdx index 9417d65..6163772 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-13-revisioning.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-13-revisioning.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Introduction to Gulp.js 13: Revisioning" slug: gulp-tutorial-13-revisioning author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-10-30T07:45:00+02:00 +date: 2014-10-30 description: "The ultimate tutorial and guide for Gulp.js: How to use revisioning to allow long caching of your assets and replace them with hashed file names, that can be cache-busted." cover: /assets/images/cover/gulp.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-14-deploying-the-website.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-14-deploying-the-website.mdx index 5abce70..7d3b717 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-14-deploying-the-website.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-14-deploying-the-website.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Introduction to Gulp.js 14: Deploying the Website with Rsync" slug: gulp-tutorial-14-deploying-the-website author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-10-31T08:00:00+02:00 +date: 2014-10-31 description: "The ultimate tutorial and guide for Gulp.js: How to deploy your website with rsync to your server." cover: /assets/images/cover/gulp.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-15-performance-improvements-webp-gzip.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-15-performance-improvements-webp-gzip.mdx index a39c122..b565548 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-15-performance-improvements-webp-gzip.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-15-performance-improvements-webp-gzip.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Introduction to Gulp.js 15: Performance Improvements with WebP and Gzip" slug: gulp-tutorial-15-performance-improvements-webp-gzip author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-12-21T11:15:00+01:00 +date: 2014-12-21 description: "The ultimate tutorial and guide for Gulp.js: How to improve the speed and performance of your website with WebP and Gzip." cover: /assets/images/cover/gulp.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-16-postcss.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-16-postcss.mdx index 7687f08..e0167fd 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-16-postcss.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-16-postcss.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Introduction to Gulp.js 16: PostCSS" slug: gulp-tutorial-16-postcss author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-12-30T07:50:29+00:00 +date: 2014-12-30 description: "The ultimate tutorial and guide for Gulp.js: How to use PostCSS with Gulp to process CSS and how to lint your CSS files with Stylelint." cover: /assets/images/cover/gulp.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-2-development-server-browsersync-configuration.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-2-development-server-browsersync-configuration.mdx index 4873723..9430aa4 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-2-development-server-browsersync-configuration.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-2-development-server-browsersync-configuration.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Introduction to Gulp.js 2: Server with BrowserSync" slug: gulp-tutorial-2-development-server-browsersync-configuration author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-10-19T10:17:00+02:00 +date: 2014-10-19 description: "The ultimate tutorial and guide for Gulp.js: How to set up a development server with BrowserSync." cover: /assets/images/cover/gulp.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-3-build-clean-jekyll.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-3-build-clean-jekyll.mdx index 9f8162f..70ca696 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-3-build-clean-jekyll.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-3-build-clean-jekyll.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Introduction to Gulp.js 3: Build, Clean and Jekyll" slug: gulp-tutorial-3-build-clean-jekyll author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-10-20T10:00:00+02:00 +date: 2014-10-20 description: "The ultimate tutorial and guide for Gulp.js: How to write tasks for cleaning files and folders, generating the build and the website with Jekyll." cover: /assets/images/cover/gulp.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-4-css-generation-sass.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-4-css-generation-sass.mdx index d670631..7ee7016 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-4-css-generation-sass.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-4-css-generation-sass.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Introduction to Gulp.js 4: Creating CSS with Sass and Compass" slug: gulp-tutorial-4-css-generation-sass author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-10-21T10:30:00+02:00 +date: 2014-10-21 description: "The ultimate tutorial and guide for Gulp.js: How to create CSS and Source Maps with Sass and Compass." cover: /assets/images/cover/gulp.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-5-javascripts-browserify.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-5-javascripts-browserify.mdx index c2a9493..201a918 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-5-javascripts-browserify.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-5-javascripts-browserify.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Introduction to Gulp.js 5: Bundling JavaScript with Browserify" slug: gulp-tutorial-5-javascripts-browserify author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-10-22T08:00:00+02:00 +date: 2014-10-22 description: "The ultimate tutorial and guide for Gulp.js: How to bundle JavaScript files with Browserify and use CommonJS modules to structure and organize your code." cover: /assets/images/cover/gulp.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-6-images-vector-fonts.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-6-images-vector-fonts.mdx index ad47ca3..a1e526d 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-6-images-vector-fonts.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-6-images-vector-fonts.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Introduction to Gulp.js 6: Images and Vector Fonts" slug: gulp-tutorial-6-images-vector-fonts author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-10-23T08:00:00+02:00 +date: 2014-10-23 description: "The ultimate tutorial and guide for Gulp.js: How to move images and generate vector fonts from SVG." cover: /assets/images/cover/gulp.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-7-base64.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-7-base64.mdx index 2e24470..47b1637 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-7-base64.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-7-base64.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Introduction to Gulp.js 7: Base64 Encoded Images" slug: gulp-tutorial-7-base64 author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-10-24T07:30:00+02:00 +date: 2014-10-24 description: "The ultimate tutorial and guide for Gulp.js: How to replace small images with base64 encoded images." cover: /assets/images/cover/gulp.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-8-watch.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-8-watch.mdx index e014f7a..6845924 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-8-watch.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-8-watch.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Introduction to Gulp.js 8: Watch for Changes" slug: gulp-tutorial-8-watch author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-10-25T10:00:00+02:00 +date: 2014-10-25 description: "The ultimate tutorial and guide for Gulp.js: How to set up a watch task, which triggers other tasks on file changes." cover: /assets/images/cover/gulp.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-9-linting-scss-and-javascript.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-9-linting-scss-and-javascript.mdx index 39eddc5..16ecff2 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-9-linting-scss-and-javascript.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/gulp-tutorial-9-linting-scss-and-javascript.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Introduction to Gulp.js 9: Syntax-Check of SCSS and JavaScript" slug: gulp-tutorial-9-linting-scss-and-javascript author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-10-26T08:10:00+02:00 +date: 2014-10-26 description: "The ultimate tutorial and guide for Gulp.js: How to check the syntax of SCSS and JavaScript files." cover: /assets/images/cover/gulp.jpg tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/john-seymour-books.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/john-seymour-books.mdx index 4de7983..9c20b7e 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/john-seymour-books.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/john-seymour-books.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: John Seymour’s Books on Self-Sufficiency slug: john-seymour-books author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-08-03T16:00:00+02:00 +date: 2014-08-03 description: On John Seymour’s fantastic, beautifully illustrated books on self-sufficiency, agriculture, and crafts. The optimal equipment for an upcoming zombie apocalypse. cover: /assets/images/cover/john-seymour.jpg tags: ["book", "recommendation", "self-improvement"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/logo-design.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/logo-design.mdx index ef42fe5..db4a015 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/logo-design.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/logo-design.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Design of My New Logo slug: logo-design author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-04-18T19:00:00+02:00 +date: 2014-04-18 description: "Insight into the design of my new logo and Rakkan: idea, research, and a short digression on the Chinese script." cover: /assets/images/cover/rakkan.jpg tags: ["design"] @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ It was clear to me early that I wanted to use a _Rakkan_ instead of a modern log A Rakkan (or Hanko) is called in Japan a seal, which is carved in stone, representing the signature of an artist and is stamped under the artwork, and thus works as a signature.
- Rakkan written ink below symbol + Rakkan written ink below symbol
Even with my [martial arts portal](https://www.kogakure.de/), I use a seal as a logo. @@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ A seal can be created in two different variants: **Yin** or **Yang** (☯). In t First, I made numerous pencil drawings, first of individual characters that I liked, and later of combinations. I wondered how an artist would carve a traditional stamp, how the letters touch and support to give the seal the necessary stability.
- Moleskine with pencil drawings of characters + Moleskine with pencil drawings of characters
After I had developed my final variant, I drew the pencil lines with a thick highlighter (not without almost ruining my bamboo table, since I omitted out of laziness to use a pad). The texture that emerges when ink spreads through the paper looks much like a stone-carved edge. diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/website-typography.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/website-typography.mdx index ef721cc..0f222a8 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2014/website-typography.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2014/website-typography.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Typography of My Website slug: website-typography author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2014-06-19T10:30:00+02:00 +date: 2014-06-19 description: "About the typography of my new website: scale, font, vertical rhythm, font size, font size, and sentence width." tags: ["design", "code", "book"] --- diff --git a/src/content/journal/2015/calisthenics.mdx b/src/content/journal/2015/calisthenics.mdx index 28f53e7..4058d0e 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2015/calisthenics.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2015/calisthenics.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Calisthenics slug: calisthenics author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2015-05-19T21:45:00+00:00 +date: 2015-05-19 description: Learning Body Weight Training is possible for everybody. It’s free, you can do it anywhere, you need no gym or expensive equipment to train, and you can improve constantly. cover: /assets/images/cover/calisthenics.jpg tags: ["self-improvement"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2015/human-documentary.mdx b/src/content/journal/2015/human-documentary.mdx index 5708689..fcfc6c3 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2015/human-documentary.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2015/human-documentary.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Human slug: human-documentary author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2015-09-29T19:07:20+02:00 +date: 2015-09-29 description: Human, the new movie by Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a moving film made of real-life stories from more than 2000 women and men in 60 countries mixed with stunning aerial photography and ground photography. cover: /assets/images/cover/human-documentary.jpg tags: ["film", "recommendation"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2015/motivational-video.mdx b/src/content/journal/2015/motivational-video.mdx index 936d830..cd42fe4 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2015/motivational-video.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2015/motivational-video.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Motivational Video slug: motivational-video author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2015-08-14T18:15:00+00:00 +date: 2015-08-14 description: Last week I found an inspirational film on YouTube, focusing on Motivation. But because it was poorly quoted, I tried to find the quotes and resolve the issue. cover: /assets/images/cover/motivational-video.jpg tags: ["film"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2016/japanese-netflix-tv-show-underwear.mdx b/src/content/journal/2016/japanese-netflix-tv-show-underwear.mdx index 0677a9a..241b99d 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2016/japanese-netflix-tv-show-underwear.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2016/japanese-netflix-tv-show-underwear.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Underwear slug: japanese-netflix-tv-show-underwear author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2016-02-12T07:00:11+02:00 +date: 2016-02-12 description: "Netflix released a new Japanese TV Show: Underwear (Atelier). I recommend this brilliant work about a young girl starting in an exclusive custom tailoring lingerie store in Tokyo." cover: /assets/images/cover/netflix-underwear.jpg tags: ["film", "recommendation"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2017/attention.mdx b/src/content/journal/2017/attention.mdx index e9d0030..a028eb9 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2017/attention.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2017/attention.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Self-Defense in the Age of Attention slug: attention author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2017-11-03T08:00:00+01:00 +date: 2017-11-03 description: A guide on how to get your attention back in the age of constant distraction. featured: true cover: /assets/images/cover/attention.jpg diff --git a/src/content/journal/2017/gitbook.mdx b/src/content/journal/2017/gitbook.mdx index 44985f5..bda2e8c 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2017/gitbook.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2017/gitbook.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: I Wrote a Book in GitBook slug: gitbook author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2017-06-27T16:16:34+02:00 +date: 2017-06-27 description: I finished writing my first book in GitBook. I worked on it for the last six months, and it’s available to read online, as PDF, EPUB, and Mobi. cover: /assets/images/cover/gitbook.jpg tags: ["book", "writing"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2017/minimalism.mdx b/src/content/journal/2017/minimalism.mdx index 95b766c..c8b8680 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2017/minimalism.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2017/minimalism.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Minimalism slug: minimalism author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2017-06-07T18:30:00+02:00 +date: 2017-06-07 featured: true description: Minimalism is currently popular, but Minimalism is hard to understand, and many misconceptions can be found. This essay carries my thoughts on Minimalism and my history with it. tags: ["self-improvement", "book"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2018/morning-routine.mdx b/src/content/journal/2018/morning-routine.mdx index b3abdd1..8c3ab4b 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2018/morning-routine.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2018/morning-routine.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Morning Routine slug: morning-routine -date: 2018-09-08T18:00:00+02:00 +date: 2018-09-08 author: Stefan Imhoff description: On the advantages of building yourself a morning routine and the details of my morning routine. tags: ["self-improvement", "book"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2018/storing-information.mdx b/src/content/journal/2018/storing-information.mdx index 1e2c3b7..89df37e 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2018/storing-information.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2018/storing-information.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: How to Store Information slug: storing-information -date: 2018-10-03T18:00:00+02:00 +date: 2018-10-03 author: Stefan Imhoff description: How I save and process information, to find it again quickly and store it to not lose it again. tags: ["self-improvement"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2020/101-things-you-can-do.mdx b/src/content/journal/2020/101-things-you-can-do.mdx index 47b62b5..bbbff81 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2020/101-things-you-can-do.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2020/101-things-you-can-do.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: 101 Things You Can Do While Being on Lockdown slug: 101-things-you-can-do -date: 2020-03-28T17:00:00+02:00 +date: 2020-03-28 author: Stefan Imhoff description: The novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which can lead to the sickness of COVID-19 brought many countries into partial or total lockdown. Many people are not used to staying inside for a long time. As an introvert, I like it inside. To help to make it easier to stay inside, I created a list of 101 things you can do until this crisis is over. tags: ["recommendation", "self-improvement"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2020/apps-tools-services.mdx b/src/content/journal/2020/apps-tools-services.mdx index 95236d8..cd033fe 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2020/apps-tools-services.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2020/apps-tools-services.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Apps, Tools & Services slug: apps-tools-services -date: 2020-04-18T10:00:00+02:00 +date: 2020-04-18 updated: 2022-04-30 author: Stefan Imhoff description: All the apps, tools, and services I use on my iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Mac. diff --git a/src/content/journal/2020/best-of-2020.mdx b/src/content/journal/2020/best-of-2020.mdx index 568c535..78ff1bb 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2020/best-of-2020.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2020/best-of-2020.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Best of 2020 slug: best-of-2020 -date: 2020-12-22T18:00:00+02:00 +date: 2020-12-22 author: Stefan Imhoff description: A distilled collection of my favorite topics, articles, videos, podcasts, people, or other things in 2020. tags: ["recommendation"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2020/everyday-carry.mdx b/src/content/journal/2020/everyday-carry.mdx index 25f847f..1f278ed 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2020/everyday-carry.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2020/everyday-carry.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Everyday Carry slug: everyday-carry -date: 2020-03-14T15:30:00+02:00 +date: 2020-03-14 updated: 2023-06-09 author: Stefan Imhoff description: In this essay, I show my Everyday Carries and explain why I carry them. diff --git a/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-design.mdx b/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-design.mdx index 15b7f06..099a93a 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-design.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-design.mdx @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "New Website 2020: Design" -date: 2020-07-21T08:00:00+02:00 +date: 2020-07-21 slug: new-website-2020-design author: Stefan Imhoff description: This is the second of three parts in a series of essays about the process of creating my new website. This one shows the design process for my website. diff --git a/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-development.mdx b/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-development.mdx index 64763d3..b49515b 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-development.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-development.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "New Website 2020: Development" slug: new-website-2020-development -date: 2020-07-28T08:00:00+02:00 +date: 2020-07-28 author: Stefan Imhoff description: This is the last of three parts in a series of essays about the process of creating my new website. This one shows the development process for my website. tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-inspiration.mdx b/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-inspiration.mdx index 0744291..d607d33 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-inspiration.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-inspiration.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "New Website 2020: Inspiration" slug: new-website-2020-inspiration -date: 2020-07-14T08:00:00+02:00 +date: 2020-07-14 author: Stefan Imhoff description: This is the first of three parts in a series of essays about the process of creating my new website. This one has a look into the inspiration for my website. tags: ["design", "book"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020.mdx b/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020.mdx index 757d273..5e0a960 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: New Website 2020 slug: new-website-2020 -date: 2020-07-07T07:20:20+02:00 +date: 2020-07-07 author: Stefan Imhoff description: "Finally, after 3 years with 250 hours of work, I finished my longest-running project: A new design and code for my website. Everything is new. I created over 1,400 files with 29,000 lines of code." tags: ["code", "design"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2020/tools-i-use-for-note-taking.mdx b/src/content/journal/2020/tools-i-use-for-note-taking.mdx index 1ac6938..08841c3 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2020/tools-i-use-for-note-taking.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2020/tools-i-use-for-note-taking.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Tools I Use For Note-Taking slug: tools-i-use-for-note-taking -date: 2020-09-03T12:00:00+02:00 +date: 2020-09-03 author: Stefan Imhoff featured: true description: I started my Zettelkasten in DEVONthink. But since then, I integrated more tools into my workflow. This essay describes which tools I use for my notes and why. diff --git a/src/content/journal/2020/zettelkasten-note-taking-devonthink.mdx b/src/content/journal/2020/zettelkasten-note-taking-devonthink.mdx index e422832..4fa165a 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2020/zettelkasten-note-taking-devonthink.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2020/zettelkasten-note-taking-devonthink.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Zettelkasten Note-Taking Method With DEVONthink slug: zettelkasten-note-taking-devonthink -date: 2020-05-18T10:00:00+02:00 +date: 2020-05-18 author: Stefan Imhoff featured: true description: "The way we write notes determines how we think and learn. I was introduced recently to an old method of writing notes: The Zettelkasten method. This essay describes how I implemented the method into my workflow with DEVONthink." diff --git a/src/content/journal/2021/devonthink-obsidian-for-note-taking.mdx b/src/content/journal/2021/devonthink-obsidian-for-note-taking.mdx index f0570b2..3f3f326 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2021/devonthink-obsidian-for-note-taking.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2021/devonthink-obsidian-for-note-taking.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "DEVONthink and Obsidian: The Perfect Pair of Tools for Note-Taking" slug: devonthink-obsidian-for-note-taking -date: 2021-07-23T09:08:49+02:00 +date: 2021-07-23 author: Stefan Imhoff description: With the release of the mobile versions of Obsidian, my note-taking workflow with Obsidian and DEVONthink is now even more fun than before. tags: ["productivity", "technology", "writing"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2021/how-to-prepare-for-the-worst-case.mdx b/src/content/journal/2021/how-to-prepare-for-the-worst-case.mdx index ba9f1e1..87efef6 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2021/how-to-prepare-for-the-worst-case.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2021/how-to-prepare-for-the-worst-case.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: How to Prepare for the Worst Case slug: how-to-prepare-for-the-worst-case -date: 2021-11-19T13:00:00+01:00 +date: 2021-11-19 author: Stefan Imhoff description: When potential dangers to the individual increase due to mismanagement, political incompetency, or tribalism, it’s good to have a plan on how to protect yourself and your family. cover: /assets/images/cover/bug-out-bag.jpg diff --git a/src/content/journal/2021/interpretation-if.mdx b/src/content/journal/2021/interpretation-if.mdx index 41ca072..d3171ad 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2021/interpretation-if.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2021/interpretation-if.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: If— Guidance for a Virtuous, Stoic Life slug: interpretation-if -date: 2021-12-13T18:00:00+01:00 +date: 2021-12-13 author: Stefan Imhoff featured: true description: A modern interpretation of Rudyard Kipling’s great poem. diff --git a/src/content/journal/2021/interpretation-the-gods-of-the-copybook-headings.mdx b/src/content/journal/2021/interpretation-the-gods-of-the-copybook-headings.mdx index 7f4e369..0406dd2 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2021/interpretation-the-gods-of-the-copybook-headings.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2021/interpretation-the-gods-of-the-copybook-headings.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "The Gods of the Copybook Headings: A Warning Against Loss of Virtue, Morality, and Reason" slug: interpretation-the-gods-of-the-copybook-headings -date: 2021-06-12T10:00:00+02:00 +date: 2021-06-12 author: Stefan Imhoff description: A modern interpretation of Rudyard Kipling’s great poem. cover: /assets/images/cover/copybook-headings.jpg diff --git a/src/content/journal/2021/learning-poems.mdx b/src/content/journal/2021/learning-poems.mdx index 5c83ec2..d4c0468 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2021/learning-poems.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2021/learning-poems.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Learning Poems slug: learning-poems -date: 2021-08-23T11:28:20+02:00 +date: 2021-08-23 author: Stefan Imhoff description: Why I started learning poems. tags: ["poetry", "self-improvement", "book"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2021/new-website-2021.mdx b/src/content/journal/2021/new-website-2021.mdx index 546b7c6..f9caad9 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2021/new-website-2021.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2021/new-website-2021.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: New Website 2021 slug: new-website-2021 -date: 2021-04-24T16:29:32+02:00 +date: 2021-04-24 author: Stefan Imhoff description: I relaunched my website, after only 10 months. The previous stack was too slow and work-intensive and prevented me from writing. I picked Eleventy for my new website, the development was quick and fun. tags: ["code", "design"] @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ tags: ["code", "design"] My brand-new website is online, using [Eleventy](https://www.11ty.dev/) as its static site generator. The development was quick and fun, and Eleventy gives me a huge amount of flexibility. And it’s fast, [very fast](https://www.zachleat.com/web/build-benchmark/). Burned by my last technology choice, I did this time a performance test _before_ picking the tool. I created 1000 large Markdown pages and let Eleventy render them to HTML. It was done in an astonishing 3.8 seconds.
- New Website 2021 Homepage + New Website 2021 Homepage
## What’s New? diff --git a/src/content/journal/2021/processing-information-into-notes.mdx b/src/content/journal/2021/processing-information-into-notes.mdx index 0122c72..ecd20cf 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2021/processing-information-into-notes.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2021/processing-information-into-notes.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: How I Process Information Into Notes slug: processing-information-into-notes -date: 2021-05-13T10:00:00+02:00 +date: 2021-05-13 author: Stefan Imhoff description: My process of extracting information out of books, articles, podcasts, and videos and creating atomic notes. tags: ["productivity", "writing", "recommendation", "book"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2021/the-decentralized-web-1-why-do-we-need-it.mdx b/src/content/journal/2021/the-decentralized-web-1-why-do-we-need-it.mdx index 21752c7..384155d 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2021/the-decentralized-web-1-why-do-we-need-it.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2021/the-decentralized-web-1-why-do-we-need-it.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "The Decentralized Web: Why Do We Need It?" slug: the-decentralized-web-1-why-do-we-need-it -date: 2021-10-25T09:00:00+02:00 +date: 2021-10-25 author: Stefan Imhoff description: This is the first part of a three-part series on the Decentralized Web. This part will highlight the dangers looming on the free internet. tags: ["politics", "philosophy"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2021/the-decentralized-web-2-the-wild-west-web.mdx b/src/content/journal/2021/the-decentralized-web-2-the-wild-west-web.mdx index 519ef51..cdf9238 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2021/the-decentralized-web-2-the-wild-west-web.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2021/the-decentralized-web-2-the-wild-west-web.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "The Decentralized Web: The Wild West Web" slug: the-decentralized-web-2-the-wild-west-web -date: 2021-11-01T09:00:00+02:00 +date: 2021-11-01 author: Stefan Imhoff description: This is the second part of a three-part series on the Decentralized Web. This part will show promising examples for the decentralized web. tags: ["technology"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2021/the-decentralized-web-3-develop-and-publish-a-website.mdx b/src/content/journal/2021/the-decentralized-web-3-develop-and-publish-a-website.mdx index 5903c1b..c8dfa85 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2021/the-decentralized-web-3-develop-and-publish-a-website.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2021/the-decentralized-web-3-develop-and-publish-a-website.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "The Decentralized Web: Develop and Publish a Website" slug: the-decentralized-web-3-develop-and-publish-a-website -date: 2021-11-08T09:00:00+01:00 +date: 2021-11-08 author: Stefan Imhoff description: This is the third part of a three-part series on the Decentralized Web. In this part, we’ll code and release our first decentralized website. tags: ["code"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2021/the-old-man-on-the-bench.mdx b/src/content/journal/2021/the-old-man-on-the-bench.mdx index e174c71..815d2b9 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2021/the-old-man-on-the-bench.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2021/the-old-man-on-the-bench.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: The Old Man on the Bench slug: the-old-man-on-the-bench -date: 2021-08-31T12:30:00+02:00 +date: 2021-08-31 author: Stefan Imhoff description: A story about an old man watching for birds. tags: ["philosophy"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2021/using-readwise-with-obsidian-for-note-talking.mdx b/src/content/journal/2021/using-readwise-with-obsidian-for-note-talking.mdx index 679e1a0..a0c7d98 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2021/using-readwise-with-obsidian-for-note-talking.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2021/using-readwise-with-obsidian-for-note-talking.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Using Readwise with Obsidian for Note-Talking slug: using-readwise-with-obsidian-for-note-talking -date: 2021-09-14T18:00:00+02:00 +date: 2021-09-14 author: Stefan Imhoff description: How I started using Readwise to maintain my highlights of various tools for note-taking tags: ["productivity", "technology", "recommendation"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2021/web-developer-work-environment-1.mdx b/src/content/journal/2021/web-developer-work-environment-1.mdx index b9a602b..bcf9947 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2021/web-developer-work-environment-1.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2021/web-developer-work-environment-1.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "Setting Up a Web Developer Work Environment: Terminal, Zsh, and TMUX" slug: web-developer-work-environment-1 -date: 2021-12-20T10:00:00+01:00 +date: 2021-12-20 author: Stefan Imhoff description: I decided to re-examine my developer tools and replace some of them with better tools. tags: ["code", "productivity", "technology"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2021/web-developer-work-environment-2.mdx b/src/content/journal/2021/web-developer-work-environment-2.mdx index b1db479..a42ea4d 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2021/web-developer-work-environment-2.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2021/web-developer-work-environment-2.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "Setting Up a Web Developer Work Environment: Neovim" slug: web-developer-work-environment-2 -date: 2021-12-23T10:00:00+01:00 +date: 2021-12-23 author: Stefan Imhoff description: I decided to re-examine my developer tools and replace some of them with better tools. tags: ["code", "productivity", "technology"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/artificial-intelligence-1-introduction.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/artificial-intelligence-1-introduction.mdx index b4c31cb..6e7a896 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/artificial-intelligence-1-introduction.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/artificial-intelligence-1-introduction.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "The Advent of AI: Introduction" slug: artificial-intelligence-1-introduction -date: 2022-12-14T20:00:00+01:00 +date: 2022-12-14 author: Stefan Imhoff description: This is a four-part series of essays that investigates different aspects of AI. cover: /assets/images/cover/ai-cover-1.jpg diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/artificial-intelligence-2-text-generation.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/artificial-intelligence-2-text-generation.mdx index c61a618..f16c40c 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/artificial-intelligence-2-text-generation.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/artificial-intelligence-2-text-generation.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "The Advent of AI: Text Generation" slug: artificial-intelligence-2-text-generation -date: 2022-12-17T12:00:00+01:00 +date: 2022-12-17 author: Stefan Imhoff description: This is a four-part series of essays that investigates different aspects of AI. cover: /assets/images/cover/ai-cover-2.jpg diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/artificial-intelligence-3-text-to-image-generation.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/artificial-intelligence-3-text-to-image-generation.mdx index cbee407..8c6c79b 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/artificial-intelligence-3-text-to-image-generation.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/artificial-intelligence-3-text-to-image-generation.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "The Advent of AI: Text-to-Image Generation" slug: artificial-intelligence-3-text-to-image-generation -date: 2022-12-21T12:00:00+01:00 +date: 2022-12-21 author: Stefan Imhoff description: This is a four-part series of essays that investigates different aspects of AI. cover: /assets/images/cover/ai-cover-3.jpg diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/artificial-intelligence-4-getting-started.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/artificial-intelligence-4-getting-started.mdx index b25d8f8..7a27ad5 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/artificial-intelligence-4-getting-started.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/artificial-intelligence-4-getting-started.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "The Advent of AI: Getting Started with Text-to-Image Generation" slug: artificial-intelligence-4-getting-started -date: 2022-12-24T12:00:00+01:00 +date: 2022-12-24 author: Stefan Imhoff description: This is a four-part series of essays that investigates different aspects of AI. cover: /assets/images/cover/ai-cover-4.jpg diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-1-introduction.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-1-introduction.mdx index e59a411..e0dd072 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-1-introduction.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-1-introduction.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Civil War for Truth: Introduction" slug: civil-war-truth-1-introduction author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2022-06-06T07:00:00+02:00 +date: 2022-06-06 description: This is the introduction to a seven-part series that investigates why the last 10 years were uniquely turbulent with ever-increasing political division, rampant censorship, and growing @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ series: civil-war-truth I was never interested in politics and could barely recollect the names of the current political leadership team. But the last ten years—in particular the last two years—were far too turbulent and politics got gradually more authoritarian, which resulted in me getting gradually more political. The last years felt like something wasn’t right anymore in many parts of society. Many people share this feeling. @@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ Maajid Nawaz reminded recently in a podcast that all technology disrupts powe Maajid Nawaz is sure that we are in the midst of a civil war, even though it’s not fought with physical violence.
- So, the powers that be, who are losing that power need to clamp down. (…) It’s an internal civil - war in a hybrid war context, over truth, and over information. Centralization versus - decentralization. Basically, it’s no longer about left or right, it’s about up versus down. It’s - about power versus those who don’t have power.[^rogan2022yc] + So, the powers that be, who are losing that power need to clamp down. (…) It’s an internal civil + war in a hybrid war context, over truth, and over information. Centralization versus + decentralization. Basically, it’s no longer about left or right, it’s about up versus down. It’s + about power versus those who don’t have power.[^rogan2022yc]
Neil Oliver, a British television presenter, archaeologist, and author, formulated a possible hypothesis in an interview with Bret Weinstein on why we don’t see physical violence in this civil war. The horrors of the 20th century were committed by generations who had seen and done terrible things. Neil Oliver has his doubts that the people who are running the show now, who were born and raised in peace, have the guts to do the necessary “wet work.”[^weinstein2022el] @@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ Many intellectuals observe the same issues and try to formulate hypotheses for w Everybody can see the narratives of the _Gated Institutions_ crumbling right in front of our eyes. The COVID-19 crisis made this only more obvious. We see the fraud, corruption, and incompetence of an obsolescence system. We see the “expert class” losing its shit. Likewise, we see the _Gated Institutions_, for example, the WEF in Davos, the WHO, CDC, NHS, UN, EU, or other institutions fail and fail again. They can’t keep up with the connected knowledge of crowds that can disprove their lies and reveal their agendas in a matter of hours.
- We know they are lying.\ They know they are lying,\ they know that we know they are lying.\ We - know that they know that we know they are lying.\ And still they continue to lie. + We know they are lying.\ They know they are lying,\ they know that we know they are lying.\ We + know that they know that we know they are lying.\ And still they continue to lie.
We see how their pristine leadership program “Young Global Leaders” releases morons that can’t speak properly or can’t stay scandal-free for a few months. They plagiarize speeches, books, or dissertations. We catch them when they have secret agreements, receive money from corporations, delete SMS or destroy hard drives with incriminating material. Their embarrassments get ridiculed with memes around the internet, shared and mocked. The internet doesn’t forget. @@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ They remove critical experts from the discourse or fire them from their jobs. Th Lindsay uses the metaphor in his podcast of taking a blue pill or red pill from the 1999 movie The Matrix. The hero Neo gets offered two pills by the mysterious character Morpheus.
- This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill – the story - ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill – - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. + This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill – the story + ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill – + you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Being “red-pilled” means seeing the truth and being able to see through the lies and misinformation, to see the state of the world and our _Gated Institutions_ as it is. If you take this pill, you’ll never be able to unsee it. And it will be a terrifying moment when your belief in the world’s state is crushed. So, be warned. diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-2-corporatism-technocracy.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-2-corporatism-technocracy.mdx index cad9d7e..011939d 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-2-corporatism-technocracy.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-2-corporatism-technocracy.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "Civil War for Truth: Corporatism and Technocracy" slug: civil-war-truth-2-corporatism-technocracy -date: 2022-06-13T07:00:00+02:00 +date: 2022-06-13 author: Stefan Imhoff description: This is the second part of a seven-part series that investigates why the last 10 years were uniquely turbulent with @@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ It’s nearly impossible to separate, these days, Politics, and the Economy from Corporatism is the economic policy component of fascism, an ideology thought up by Giovanni Gentile.[^dsouza2017mo] It is economic totalitarianism as practiced by Mussolini and Hitler.[^dilorenzo1994uv] Mussolini was praised by many people, including Winston Churchill, who admired him as late as 1940.[^dilorenzo1994uv]
- Everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state. - - (Tutto nello Stato, niente al di fuori dello Stato, nulla contro lo Stato.)[^ideas2021hh] + Everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state. (Tutto nello + Stato, niente al di fuori dello Stato, nulla contro lo Stato.)[^ideas2021hh]
This revived trend is worrying because when governments and corporations work together they can create a lot of evil. The state can outsource things that aren’t legal to corporations (such as censorship), or use companies for the enforcement of laws they wouldn’t have the resources for otherwise (such as checking COVID-19 passports). And corporations can control the market and harm the people if they go unchecked by the legislative branch. @@ -38,15 +37,15 @@ Klaus Schwab bragged publicly in 2017 about how his followers had penetrated< Luckily, it begins to fail. Mary Woods, professor of Global Economic Governance at the University of Oxford complained at the WEF conference in November 2021, that the people stop following their leaders:
- At Davos a few years ago, the Edelman survey showed us the good news is that the elites across the - world trust each other more and more. So we can come together and design and do beautiful things - together. The bad news is that in every single country they were polling, the majority of people - trusted their elite less. So we can lead, but if people aren’t following, we’re not going to get - to where we want to go. + At Davos a few years ago, the Edelman survey showed us the good news is that the elites across the + world trust each other more and more. So we can come together and design and do beautiful things + together. The bad news is that in every single country they were polling, the majority of people + trusted their elite less. So we can lead, but if people aren’t following, we’re not going to get + to where we want to go.
## Lobbyism, Sponsoring, and Corruption diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-3-political-division.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-3-political-division.mdx index d9a071e..e5db016 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-3-political-division.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-3-political-division.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "Civil War for Truth: Political Division" slug: civil-war-truth-3-political-division -date: 2022-06-20T07:00:00+02:00 +date: 2022-06-20 author: Stefan Imhoff description: This is the third part of a seven-part series that investigates why the last 10 years were uniquely turbulent with @@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ Politics have changed over the last 30+ years and people haven’t updated their But the sides of power changed. Today, authoritarian censorship comes from the extreme left. Now, that they have cultural control, they apply censorship on books or standup comedy. The sad part is that they believe they are the good ones.
- Four years of bombing kids in the middle east while hollowing out America’s economy for the - benefit of weapons contractors, Wall Street, and predatory transnational corporations. All hail - the resistance. Just a hunch, but if your political consensus is shared and amplified by every - major cultural institution, establishment media empire, and billionaire tech oligarch in the - world, maybe, just maybe, call me crazy but, maybe you’re not the resistance?[^watson2021aa] + Four years of bombing kids in the middle east while hollowing out America’s economy for the + benefit of weapons contractors, Wall Street, and predatory transnational corporations. All hail + the resistance. Just a hunch, but if your political consensus is shared and amplified by every + major cultural institution, establishment media empire, and billionaire tech oligarch in the + world, maybe, just maybe, call me crazy but, maybe you’re not the resistance?[^watson2021aa]
I, personally, don’t like either side censoring content or name-calling critics. I want neither religion nor CRT taught in school. I don’t want conservatives to censor porn or progressives to remove books critical of gender dysphoria. But should I decide which side does more harm, I would choose the progressive left. If conservatives go uncontrolled, stagnation is the result. This is bad, but not harmful. If progressives go uncontrolled, society-destroying things can happen. @@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ I think it is time to dismiss those terms as oversimplified labels to discredit I’m a free speech absolutist as far as possible, following the definition of free speech by John Stuart Mill. I live in Germany, which means we have more limited speech than the USA due to our history, but even free speech in the USA has [exceptions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions).
- But the peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human - race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more - than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of - exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer - perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.[^saad2020aa] + But the peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human + race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more + than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of + exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer + perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.[^saad2020aa]
Freedom of speech can _only_ be applied to everybody with the same rules. Just because you don’t like some person's speech or think it’s hateful, is not a reason. Hate is, as truth, not objective and what one person finds hateful, doesn’t bother the other. And the exceptions we have in most Western countries are already good enough. @@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ Freedom of speech can _only_ be applied to everybody with the same rules. Just b If you are only for free speech, if it’s your speech, you are not for free speech. Every dictator in history allowed speech he liked. The African dictator Idi Amin said: You have freedom of speech. It is freedom after speech that I cannot guarantee.
- If you believe in freedom of speech, you believe in freedom of speech for views you don’t like. - Goebbels was in favor of freedom of speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re in favor - of freedom of speech, that means you’re in favor of freedom of speech precisely for views you - despise. + If you believe in freedom of speech, you believe in freedom of speech for views you don’t like. + Goebbels was in favor of freedom of speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re in favor + of freedom of speech, that means you’re in favor of freedom of speech precisely for views you + despise.
There is no need for the protection of free speech for mainstream views. Because, as Mick Hume writes, in the end, it is only those views deemed too extreme or offensive that need defending on free-speech grounds.[^hume2020aa] @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ There is no need for the protection of free speech for mainstream views. Because Without free speech there is no possibility to find common ground, there is no discussion, and conflicts can’t be resolved without violence. Free speech is the only tool we have to stay on a balanced ground between tradition and progress. There is an evolutionary reason people come with different temperaments, and it is no accident people tend to get more conservative with age. Old people have lived a long life and learned what works and what does not, and want to preserve these learnings for the next generation. Progressive new ideas are also needed, to prevent society to stagnate or dying out, if the external conditions change. But every new idea needs to be checked and tested. That is what free speech is for.
- If freedom of speech is taken away, dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to the slaughter. + If freedom of speech is taken away, dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to the slaughter.
Freedom of speech doesn’t mean you need to listen. This is the most ridiculous counterargument which always comes up to attack free speech advocates that block impolite people. If I mute or block your speech for me, I don’t prevent you from reaching others. Free speech is not made to make the most extreme ends change their mind, but to allow the silent majority to listen and make up their minds. @@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ The freedom not to listen includes that a person can mute or block any person th Bad ideas can be defeated only with good ideas, blocking them doesn’t make them go away, they go somewhere else, somewhere hidden. The result might be more extreme ideas if they go unchallenged in echo chambers. We want bad ideas out in the open to expose them to the light of truth. If they can’t defend their position, they lose and go away. Blocking them makes them more attractive.
- The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or - wish them away.[^letterjustice2020] + The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or + wish them away.[^letterjustice2020]
If we don’t apply Freedom of Speech equally, we need an arbiter of truth. But there is no such thing as objective truth, and the last thing we want is to give this power to the state. Things change quickly and the regulations and censorship you cheered for because they benefited your side, might be used against you in the next election cycle. @@ -149,13 +149,13 @@ One would hope they learned out of this that it is not a good idea to give the s On the contrary, the Biden administration announced a week later the introduction of a new “Disinformation Governance Board” (aka “Ministry of Truth”) inside of Homeland Security.[^johnstone2022rm] The same department that recently declared misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation to domestic terrorism.[^weinstein2022qv] [^security2022mq]
- - Misinformation is false, but not created or shared with the intention of causing harm. - - Disinformation is deliberately created to mislead, harm, or manipulate a person, social group, - organization, or country. - Malinformation is based on fact, but used out of context to mislead, - harm, or manipulate.[^agency2022mu] + - Misinformation is false, but not created or shared with the intention of causing harm. - + Disinformation is deliberately created to mislead, harm, or manipulate a person, social group, + organization, or country. - Malinformation is based on fact, but used out of context to mislead, + harm, or manipulate.[^agency2022mu]
Malinformation is insidious because it defines a fact that is the truth, but causes you to distrust the government which means to the extent that your government is not trustworthy, and you discuss it, you are guilty of terrorism.[^weinstein2022hg] @@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ Malinformation is insidious because it defines a fact that is the truth, but Anyone who thinks that this is only a problem in the USA is far from it. In Germany, the Federal Ministry of the Interior led by Nancy Faeser, introduced this year a new category of extremism: Delegitimization of the state relevant to the protection of the constitution (Verfassungsschutzrelevante Delegitimierung des Staates). It categorizes any form of criticism of lockdowns, mask mandates, school closures, retail store closures, and closures of cultural institutions, as a form of right-wing extremism.[^lengsfeld2022sv]
- This form of delegitimization usually does not take place through direct questioning of democracy - as such, but through constant agitation against and contempt for democratically legitimized - representatives and state institutions and their decisions. This can shake trust in the state - system as a whole and impair its ability to function.[^bmi2022kl] + This form of delegitimization usually does not take place through direct questioning of democracy + as such, but through constant agitation against and contempt for democratically legitimized + representatives and state institutions and their decisions. This can shake trust in the state + system as a whole and impair its ability to function.[^bmi2022kl]
This is a new form of undermining a Democracy because it puts any criticism and mentioning of undemocratic, authoritarian, or totalitarian tendencies in a category of enemies of the state. They would rather not be exposed. Writing this sentence makes me technically a domestic extremist. @@ -189,13 +189,13 @@ The European Union doesn’t look better, they plan a similar task force to figh The Gated Institutions want to make sure their narrative doesn’t get questioned because informed people ask questions, challenge decisions, and hold politicians and companies accountable.
- All of the most critical factors determining what people’s lives are like are invisible now. Most - people don’t even know they’re happening. Oligarchy. Neoliberalism. Imperialism. Used to be you - knew who the king was, and he’d openly do anything he wanted. Now that’s all kept carefully - hidden.[^johnstone2021kj] + All of the most critical factors determining what people’s lives are like are invisible now. Most + people don’t even know they’re happening. Oligarchy. Neoliberalism. Imperialism. Used to be you + knew who the king was, and he’d openly do anything he wanted. Now that’s all kept carefully + hidden.[^johnstone2021kj]
The reason most people have no clue how bad the state of the world is the result of the breakdown of another pillar of our _Gated Institutions_: **Media and Journalism**. diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-4-media-journalism.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-4-media-journalism.mdx index 59556da..f9cc9f8 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-4-media-journalism.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-4-media-journalism.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "Civil War for Truth: Media and Journalism" slug: civil-war-truth-4-media-journalism -date: 2022-06-27T07:00:00+02:00 +date: 2022-06-27 author: Stefan Imhoff description: This is the fourth part of a seven-part series that investigates why the last 10 years were uniquely turbulent with @@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ There is no place outside universities more biased than media companies. A poll Kat Rosenfield argues in her article “The media is run by trolls” that the 2008 recession, and the mass layoffs in media (…) fundamentally transformed how news was covered.[^rosenfield2022sj]
- Imagine a horde of freshly unemployed veteran writers, alongside new journalism grads, desperately - trying to claw out a livelihood in a world where writing had been completely devalued. (…) Gone - was the $2-per-word magazine staff writer position; gone was the local shoe-leather reporting job - that might launch a lifelong career. Now, a writer’s best option was freelance blogging, churning - out listicles and aggregated new stories at $15 a pop — and with a quota, which at some outlets - ran as high as 20 posts per day.[^rosenfield2022sj] + Imagine a horde of freshly unemployed veteran writers, alongside new journalism grads, desperately + trying to claw out a livelihood in a world where writing had been completely devalued. (…) Gone + was the $2-per-word magazine staff writer position; gone was the local shoe-leather reporting job + that might launch a lifelong career. Now, a writer’s best option was freelance blogging, churning + out listicles and aggregated new stories at $15 a pop — and with a quota, which at some outlets + ran as high as 20 posts per day.[^rosenfield2022sj]
The model of publishing switched to mass, low-quality opinion posts instead of high-quality investigative journalism. @@ -96,15 +96,15 @@ It is often used with the Motte-and-Bailey Fallacy, where a controversial argume Former US State Department official and Time Magazine editor, Richard Stengel, defines propaganda as the deliberate dissemination of information that you know to be false or misleading to influence an audience.[^johnstone2022zu] Media companies and governments use propaganda to manufacture consent.[^jazeera2017it]
- The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people - are human. + The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people + are human.
Many claims on the news need to be categorized as outright propaganda. It is terrifying how easy it is to fall for propaganda. Henry T. Conserva published a book about propaganda and listed 89 techniques.[^hirsch2021hw] Even when you know them all, you will fall for it occasionally.
- The most brilliant propaganda technique will not succeed unless one basic principle is constantly - carried in mind – it must be limited to a few points and repeated over and over. + The most brilliant propaganda technique will not succeed unless one basic principle is constantly + carried in mind – it must be limited to a few points and repeated over and over.
Propaganda can be identified regularly on nearly any hot-button topic. Propaganda was the prominent technique used against unvaccinated people during the COVID-19 crisis. Many of the slogans we could hear throughout the “pandemic” were not accidentally the same around the globe because they were likely thought up by Think Tanks and coordinated political campaigns. Propaganda slogans like “pandemic of the unvaccinated” (a lie), “the vaccine is 100% effective” (a lie), “the vaccine has no side effects,” (a lie), or “if you are vaccinated you can’t spread the virus” (a lie) were used by Big Pharma to push a global agenda supported by many governments. @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Propaganda can be identified regularly on nearly any hot-button topic. Propagand And propaganda works, even months or years after claims have been proven wrong, the propaganda continues to exist in many people’s brains. The German Federal Court based a verdict in 2022 about mandatory vaccination for health workers on the false assumption it would stop the spread of the virus.
- Propaganda must facilitate the displacement of aggression by specifying the targets for hatred. + Propaganda must facilitate the displacement of aggression by specifying the targets for hatred.
Unfortunately, as Dr. Daniele Ganser pointed out in his talk, it is not possible to not be influenced by propaganda.[^ganser2020em] The only way is in his opinion to go into nature, to train mindfulness, and be skeptical about everything, be careful if somebody wants to sell you war or hate of a specific group of people. As a historian, Ganser said, we are always 20 years late. With every conflict people think that _this_ time the government tells the truth and that _this_ perceived threat is real. diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-5-academia.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-5-academia.mdx index ac2c340..4b59dac 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-5-academia.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-5-academia.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "Civil War for Truth: Academia" slug: civil-war-truth-5-academia -date: 2022-07-04T07:00:00+02:00 +date: 2022-07-04 author: Stefan Imhoff description: This is the fifth part of a seven-part series that investigates why the last 10 years were uniquely turbulent with @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Academia is one of the most worrying institutions to break down because the educ All ideological systems have tried to indoctrinate the youths into their belief systems, even the democratic ones. But the harm emerges if these ideologies are not based on truth and facts, glorify the collective, teach obedience to the state, weaken the resilience of mind and body or stir up hatred against parts of the population. The Nazis did this with their Hitler Youth, the Maoists did this with their Red Guards, or African dictators do this with their child soldier armies.
- Give me just one generation of youth and I’ll transform the whole world. + Give me just one generation of youth and I’ll transform the whole world.
The modern universities in Western countries are breaking down due to something the Marxists coined as The long march through the institutions. It is a Marxist long-term plan to change society from within over many generations by indoctrination of the education system. @@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ Mao Zedong’s _Great Leap Forward_ policy killed in 4 years (1958-1962) an esti Confronted with these facts, many academics moved in the direction of post-modernism, a philosophy Gad Saad calls intellectual terrorism.[^saad2020aa]
- Post-Modernism is the granddaddy of idea pathogens because it removes the most fundamental - epistemological premise of reality, which is that there are universal truths we can regularly - count on. That’s the whole premise of science. There are natural laws that we are trying to - discover. Post-modernism says, there is no absolute truth. Everything is shackled by subjectivity, - by personal biases, by relativism. + Post-Modernism is the granddaddy of idea pathogens because it removes the most fundamental + epistemological premise of reality, which is that there are universal truths we can regularly + count on. That’s the whole premise of science. There are natural laws that we are trying to + discover. Post-modernism says, there is no absolute truth. Everything is shackled by subjectivity, + by personal biases, by relativism.
In the 1970s, a group of poststructuralist French philosophers developed a radical critique of modern philosophy. They included people like Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Jean-François Lyotard, Jean Baudrillard, and others. They developed relativist ideas like deconstructionism (there is no reality outside language, language creates reality) which gave birth to a huge amount of related ideas and ideologies like social constructivism, cultural relativism, gender studies, radical feminism, critical theory, and a cultural phenomenon which is today summarized as “Social Justice Activism,” “Identity Politics,” or “Wokeness”. @@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ In the 1970s, a group of poststructuralist French philosophers developed a radic Slowly, over the next 40-50 years these ideologies spread, foremost in the humanities departments of many universities. While those ideas pathogens often start with a noble premise like we should not discriminate against …, once they develop into a field of study they spread like cancer.
- The problem arises when domains that should be reserved for the intellect are hijacked by - feelings. This is precisely what plagues our universities: what were once centers of intellectual - development have become retreats for the emotionally fragile. The driving motto of the university - is no longer the pursuit of truth but the coddling of hurt feelings.[^saad2020aa] + The problem arises when domains that should be reserved for the intellect are hijacked by + feelings. This is precisely what plagues our universities: what were once centers of intellectual + development have become retreats for the emotionally fragile. The driving motto of the university + is no longer the pursuit of truth but the coddling of hurt feelings.[^saad2020aa]
## Cultural Relativism diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-6-science.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-6-science.mdx index 12e49c9..03278b4 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-6-science.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-6-science.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "Civil War for Truth: Science" slug: civil-war-truth-6-science -date: 2022-07-11T07:00:00+02:00 +date: 2022-07-11 author: Stefan Imhoff description: This is the sixth part of a seven-part series that investigates why the last 10 years were so uniquely turbulent with diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-7-conclusion.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-7-conclusion.mdx index 7c79004..bc51f47 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-7-conclusion.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/civil-war-truth-7-conclusion.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "Civil War for Truth: Conclusion" slug: civil-war-truth-7-conclusion -date: 2022-07-18T07:00:00+02:00 +date: 2022-07-18 author: Stefan Imhoff description: This is the last part of a seven-part series that investigates why the last 10 years were so uniquely turbulent with @@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ I hope that over time more and more people start using decentralized services wh One of the reasons why many people are reluctant to stop consuming mainstream media is because it is convenient and nice to be told what the truth is. You outsource your thinking to somebody you _hope_ is smarter than you. Does the USA invade Iraq for oil? Good! Does Russia invade Ukraine for Gas? Bad! The media serves simple narratives without any nuance or context. They decide what you should think about any given topic and serve the necessary propaganda to ensure you follow along. This is how [The Current Thing Meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-support-the-current-thing) was born, to mock how media pushes always one topic on all channels until another topic comes around to replace it.
- Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true, but many other things are believed - simply because they have been asserted repeatedly. + Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true, but many other things are believed + simply because they have been asserted repeatedly.
If you’re on your own, it might be intimidating at first to do your research. But studies show over and over that fake news and disinformation are easier to spot by average people than politicians try to make us believe. And you can train to learn to trust your gut feeling. @@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ Bakunin continues that all subordination under authority needs to be voluntarily But it is not only Anarchists that know this to be important, it’s the basis of science.
- One of the great commandments of science is, Mistrust arguments from authority. (…) Too - many such arguments have proved too painfully wrong. Authorities must prove their contentions like - everybody else. + One of the great commandments of science is, Mistrust arguments from authority. (…) Too + many such arguments have proved too painfully wrong. Authorities must prove their contentions like + everybody else.
## Speak Up (Or at Least Don’t Lie) @@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ In the early stages of a society that descents to Totalitarianism, you have the Mocking bad ideas is an important weapon against creeping Authoritarianism. Share and create jokes, memes, and collages that expose hypocrisy and idiocy. Tyranny and incompetency crumble when exposed to light.
- Absurdity must be exposed, and no acid is more corrosive to the absurdity of tyranny than laughter - pointed in its general direction.[^lindsay2021ss] + Absurdity must be exposed, and no acid is more corrosive to the absurdity of tyranny than laughter + pointed in its general direction.[^lindsay2021ss]
A massive community of artists and writers is dedicated to mocking political ideology. There are funny Standup comedians like JP Sears ([AwakenWithJP](https://www.youtube.com/user/AwakenWithJP)), [Brent Pella](https://www.youtube.com/c/brentpella), and [Ryan Long](https://www.youtube.com/c/RyanLongcomedy). @@ -274,11 +274,11 @@ When a descent into Totalitarianism is no longer preventable, few options remain If you decide to live inside a totalitarian system, there are various options to reject the ruling power. If a totalitarian regime can’t be overthrown with force, a viable option is the creation of parallel societies. Parallel societies begin in spontaneous acts of mutual self-defense in different parts of society.[^academyofideas2022qi]

- - Parallel structures do not grow (…) out of a theoretical vision of systemic change (…) but from - the aims of life and the authentic needs of real people, - - writes Václav Havel in his book The Power of the Powerless[^academyofideas2021bb] + + Parallel structures do not grow (…) out of a theoretical vision of systemic change (…) but from + the aims of life and the authentic needs of real people, + + writes Václav Havel in his book The Power of the Powerless[^academyofideas2021bb]

People that don’t support the current regime and its cause start to build alternative structures of trade and support, and over time a new society blooms inside the repressive system. Those parallel societies get stronger with more people joining, and it is even possible that a parallel society replaces the tyrannical regime at some point. @@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ People that don’t support the current regime and its cause start to build alte Self-reliance is a natural antidote against tyranny. If you’re dependent on the state for money or support, you’ll be the slave of the state. Don’t expect a politician or the state to solve your problems.
- The nine most terrifying words in the English language are:{" "} - I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help. + The nine most terrifying words in the English language are:{" "} + I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.
Learn to get independent of others. This can be as simple as learning how to sew and knit, how to repair things, or how to grow your food. You can support each other in small communities of family, friends, or neighbors. During the COVID-19 crisis, more people reached out to me from all around the world than ever before in my life. If you shine a light in the darkness, people will find you. @@ -299,11 +299,11 @@ Learn to get independent of others. This can be as simple as learning how to sew It’s up to us, to decide if we take part in unjust systems, bad ideologies, discrimination, and anti-humane ideas.
- You’re a human being and you can choose whether or not to participate in that system and other - systems as well. We can decide if we want to stop complying, to become disobedient on mass, to not - participate in systems that we disagree with. Reality isn’t a foregone conclusion, we participate - in its construction through our consent, through our discourse with it and through our willingness - to submit to it.[^brand2022rv] + You’re a human being and you can choose whether or not to participate in that system and other + systems as well. We can decide if we want to stop complying, to become disobedient on mass, to not + participate in systems that we disagree with. Reality isn’t a foregone conclusion, we participate + in its construction through our consent, through our discourse with it and through our willingness + to submit to it.[^brand2022rv]
The more people decide not to take part or to actively resist unjust policies, the more people exercise civil disobedience, and the more power we remove from authoritarian politicians, greedy and woke corporations, and captured _Gated Institutions_ back to where it belongs, to the people. diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/dreaming-of-the-old-normal.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/dreaming-of-the-old-normal.mdx index 5f32d64..41bda18 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/dreaming-of-the-old-normal.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/dreaming-of-the-old-normal.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Dreaming of the Old Normal slug: dreaming-of-the-old-normal -date: 2022-01-06T18:00:00+01:00 +date: 2022-01-06 author: Stefan Imhoff description: I had a dream of a world long forgotten. tags: ["philosophy"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/i-counted-everything-i-own.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/i-counted-everything-i-own.mdx index 267c578..3551513 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/i-counted-everything-i-own.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/i-counted-everything-i-own.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: I Counted Everything I Own slug: i-counted-everything-i-own -date: 2022-01-25T19:34:18+01:00 +date: 2022-01-25 updated: 2023-06-07 author: Stefan Imhoff description: As a minimalist I’m interested in how much stuff I own. I counted all the things I own. diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/manage-references-for-note-taking.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/manage-references-for-note-taking.mdx index e05e230..e0c9050 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/manage-references-for-note-taking.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/manage-references-for-note-taking.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Manage References for Note-Taking slug: manage-references-for-note-taking -date: 2022-04-22T18:00:00+02:00 +date: 2022-04-22 updated: 2022-04-30 author: Stefan Imhoff description: When writing notes, it’s important to keep references somewhere to make sure our ideas are backed up, and we can quote the source accordingly. This is how I work with my references. diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/rss-news-feed.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/rss-news-feed.mdx index 7acce6d..6e4c4b3 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/rss-news-feed.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/rss-news-feed.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: The Return of the News Feed slug: rss-news-feed -date: 2022-11-05T16:00:00+01:00 +date: 2022-11-05 author: Stefan Imhoff description: Why you should stop reading news inside of social media sites and instead use the RSS/Atom news feed format to directly follow content creators, and why you should provide a news feed as a content creator. cover: /assets/images/cover/news-wave.jpg diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/template-ia-writer-nanzan.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/template-ia-writer-nanzan.mdx index f019fde..b40624f 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/template-ia-writer-nanzan.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/template-ia-writer-nanzan.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: iA Writer Template Nanzan slug: template-ia-writer-nanzan author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2022-03-17T18:00:00+01:00 +date: 2022-03-17 description: I created a preview template for my favorite writing app iA Writer. featured: true cover: /assets/images/cover/ia-writer-template-nanzan.jpg diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/template-ia-writer-shibui.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/template-ia-writer-shibui.mdx index 639d1ef..dbf0ca7 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/template-ia-writer-shibui.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/template-ia-writer-shibui.mdx @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: iA Writer Template Shibui slug: template-ia-writer-shibui author: Stefan Imhoff -date: 2022-03-18T18:00:00+01:00 +date: 2022-03-18 description: I created a preview template for my favorite writing app iA Writer. featured: true cover: /assets/images/cover/ia-writer-template-shibui.jpg diff --git a/src/content/journal/2022/tools-for-better-writing.mdx b/src/content/journal/2022/tools-for-better-writing.mdx index 3b84969..46bcdcd 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2022/tools-for-better-writing.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2022/tools-for-better-writing.mdx @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Tools for Better Writing slug: tools-for-better-writing -date: 2022-09-09T10:00:00+02:00 +date: 2022-09-09 author: Stefan Imhoff description: The tools I use for better writing tags: ["writing", "technology"] diff --git a/src/content/journal/2023/shokunin.mdx b/src/content/journal/2023/shokunin.mdx index fa49ce8..7bb9159 100644 --- a/src/content/journal/2023/shokunin.mdx +++ b/src/content/journal/2023/shokunin.mdx @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: Shokunin – The Spirit of an Artisan -date: 2023-03-08T10:11:07+01:00 +date: 2023-03-08 author: Stefan Imhoff description: The Japanese word “shokunin” describes an artisan or craftsman. In this essay, I investigate the meaning and history of the word and show a variety of examples. cover: /assets/images/cover/shinto-gate.jpg