The article "Economy Of Garbage" explores the concept of decentralization and its relationship with fragmentation, excess, and waste. It critiques the current manifestation of decentralization in blockchain and cryptocurrency, drawing on ideas from Walter Benjamin and Georges Bataille. The piece argues for embracing abundance and waste as intrinsic to nature and culture, challenging traditional notions of scarcity and purity. It highlights the work of Shraddha Borawake, who reframes garbage as art, blurring lines between nature, culture, and trash.
Waste Education
The sequence promotes "Waste Education" by encouraging counterproductive practices: citing debunked theories, inventing pseudoscience, misapplying expertise, and publishing junk content. These steps effectively waste time and resources, misleading learners and hindering genuine educational progress. This approach demonstrates how not to conduct proper education, serving as a cautionary example of ineffective and potentially harmful educational methods.
Waste Education
Offcourse
Offcourse is an open-source platform designed for online learning, leveraging the wealth of information available on the internet, such as blogs, video tutorials, and podcasts. The platform enables users to organize these resources into structured, shareable courses, facilitating a concept known as crowdlearning. This approach allows users to share their knowledge and learn from what others have shared.
The platform is particularly aimed at those interested in integrating various forms of online content into coherent educational modules, making it a useful tool for both individual learners and educators.