the-catalog

The catalog for the “Modern Comprehensive Designer”[1] (TBD)[2].

summary

This catalog gathers “philosophy”[3] and lifestyle principles such as:

• Awareness
  • Self-understanding/knowledge;
  • And of the current (or past) state of the world.
• Technology;
• Self-teaching/learning;
• Communication;
• Self-development;
• “Discipline”[4];
• Mental health.

For each subject there should be an:

• Introduction;
• Ubiquitous language;
• List of references to study from;
  • Books (preferably);
  • Courses (preferably free);
  • Videos.
• Conclusion of some sort.

motivation

Consider this to be written from the point of view of a priviledged one that lives in a huge metropolis in a third World country.

It came to be after two years of living alone in the infamous COVID-19 pandemic, after a lot of self-reflection, study and therapy.

This catalog starts primarely with Eva’s (see #about section) point of view of the world. It’s public and free, as in freedom, so that other people can read, contribute [5] (TBD) and share subjects they’ve studied and found interesting/relevant for other people (following a guideline of course).

disclaimer

Those who write the-catalog have NO requirement to be experts in the field they’re writing about. It should be clear that the “community” of the “Modern Comprehensive Designers” just gathers a group of people that seek to share knowledge and views of the world.

about

The author of it is named Eva Pace (they/she), a Brazilian software engineer based in São Paulo. It started as a hobbie in April 2022 after learning the fascinating story of the Whole Earth Catalog, in the book From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism by Fred Turner.

notes

1. “Comprehensive Designer” is a term that is used in the “From Counterculture” book that roughly refers to the community around the “Whole Earth Catalog”, someone that has and seeks cross field knowledge;
2. TBD: To Be Decided;
3. Philosophy is used here as of set of principles of any kind, it does NOT have to do with the Philosophy field;
4. The quotes here intend to give the sense of: we’ll talk about discipline but it isn’t something we necessarily believe in;
5. This catalog is and will always be public and free, but for the early stages it will only written by Eva Pace. Once the project has a clearer shape and proper contributing guidelines, it will be open for others to write and contribute as well 😊.

license

GNU GPL v3.0

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