Yeah, I’m on the younger side, compared to the old timers I’ve met at the bars. But from what I’ve gathered, nowadays, people want to choose their friends and curate their circles. There’s much less importance given to serendipity and just local connections. Some sort of easy activity (weekly grab-a-drink at a pub) would be great, but convincing people that it is a great way to spend time might be a challenging (but fun!) mission.
Was in London recently, and my friend dragged me to her watering hole on the first night… made me jealous instantly.
How can society better support aging populations in redefining identity and purpose, especially for those who struggle with letting go of traditional roles?
What if that is the way he'd rather go out? Doing what he's always done, and enjoyed his entire life. Rather than be in an old folks home drooling and unable to wipe his own ass?
I don't say this to be mean, I say this as a legitimate question. My grandpa chose to go off chemo so he could go out with dignity and as he chose. You hit a certain age and you know that no matter what death is inevitable.
I've tried a few three person programming sessions with a live pycharm collaborative session (whatever they call it) - what I thought was interesting is we naturally divided responsibilities.
2 people would do more direct pair programming of one doing more thinking / design / instructing and the other is the workhorse and supplemental designer. The third would be the polisher and tester, and participate in design as well when able to.
Idk if there is a role-based analogue in larger social groups but interesting to think about.
mob programming is a thing. one person at the keyboard and a huge screen or a projector and everyone else discussing what to do. it works because the display is the focus. people might break into smaller groups to have discussions, but they are still focused on the task and potentially they discuss different aspects or ideas and present results to the group.
in the end it is like every classroom or presentation or group discussion. people are either engaged or they aren't. but breaking into smaller groups is not necessarily a problem in itself if everyone is still focused.
The key difference, though, as you pointed out, was the price. These analog synths were incredibly expensive, which limited their accessibility to major artists
Nothing brings home quite how much money there was to be made in the music industry in the '80s as seeing the top bands' keyboard rigs. In the video for "The Reflex", Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes is surrounded by a Fairlight CMI, a Jupiter-8 and a Prophet-5. Adjusting for inflation, that's about $250,000 worth of equipment.
I know we're not supposed to mention it, but it's getting distinctly whiffy on this forum in general lately. Dunno if this arms race can be won by the wet brains.
Can't say I agree, and I suspect you probably don't agree with the implications of that definition either. As a hypothetical example, do you think any of the following aren't writing:
* a script which can represent taxes, histories, and religious texts but not the full range of verbal expression
* programming languages
* emojis
The first of these is an actual scholarly debate about whether Aztec script can be considered "full" writing or merely proto-writing.
