Hope in Source

Hope in Source

Henry Zhu

What are the parallels between faith and open source software? Join Henry Zhu for an off-the-cuff conversation between friends. Check out hopeinsource.com and nadiaeghbal.com/public-faith for the backstory!

Unpacking Belief (Joseph Choi)

Unpacking Belief (Joseph Choi)

What does it really mean to call yourself anything? Joseph Choi begins to explore his ongoing journey of faith deconstruction, reconstruction, and whatever it is now. But we end up through about the anxieties around labeling one's beliefs, between commitment and optionality, and abundance and scarcity mindsets.

Feb 17, • 43:46

Sacred Charity (Austin Chen)

Sacred Charity (Austin Chen)

How does rationality/ea and faith intersect? Austin Chen joins me to explore the overlaps between Catholic upbringing and EA principles. We discuss his car wash story, tithing/earning to give, the concept of utilons and fuzzies, creating secular liturgies like Taco Tuesday, the tension between being agentic and the savior complex, on rest and waiting, and seeing the uniqueness of each person amidst the systems we create. (Recorded May 2024) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/charity(00:00) - J

Aug 28, 2024 • 33:45

Right Feeling (Sonya Mann #3)

Right Feeling (Sonya Mann #3)

How does faith call us to both right action and right emotion? Sonya Mann joins me to discuss the layered meanings of biblical parables. Some themes I liked: the paradoxical nature of faith, the generousity of God, the interplay bt obligation and grace, freedom within constraint, the parable of workers in the vineyard and talents, lay utilitarianism, the nature of praise, phenomenology in faith, the metaphor of weddings, viserality and the flesh, specificity, sacred modes, acceptable woo, cheap

Aug 9, 2024 • 47:24

Artificial Physicality (Drew Austin)

Artificial Physicality (Drew Austin)

Why does everyone care about New York? Drew Austin explores the interplay bt digital/physical env and how tech values shape our lives. We discuss some of his past essays: fashion as public good, airport lounge-ification highlighting, and how digital paradigms reshape our physical spaces. Topics include: fake serendipity, lofi, gm, resilient systems, the commons as customs, postmodernist software, leaving a trace, Twitter as a waiting room. (Recorded October 2021) Transcript: https://hopeinsource

Aug 7, 2024 • 50:28

Everyone is "Protestant" Online (L.M. Sacasas)

Everyone is "Protestant" Online (L.M. Sacasas)

How do we all act as protestants online? L.M. Sacasas joins Henry (4th time!?) to chat about material/digital culture, how we compensate for natural affordances in new digital interfaces, our inability to account for non-measurable losses, texture vs. frictionlessness, lofi, roguelikes, reality tv, ambient data capture, extracting our private life for gain, how digital space is more of a past rather a place. (Recorded August 2022) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/protestant[00:00] I

Sep 27, 2022 • 50:15

Finding Hope Amid Burnout (Alex Kim)

Finding Hope Amid Burnout (Alex Kim)

Where can hope be found? Alex Kim joins again to open up questions of responsibility, and our place in relation to times of weariness. He speaks out his experiences growing up and also shepherding a local church body as a youth pastor. We speak amidst the burnout on notions of time, the work of Charles Taylor through Andrew Root, work/play, and living out in hope. Maybe it's what this podcast is attempting to work towards! (Recorded June 2022) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/hopeSe

Sep 27, 2022 • 43:50

Digital Communion (Nick Ripatrazone)

Digital Communion (Nick Ripatrazone)

Can our digitally mediated environment be spiritual? Nick Ripatrazone takes us through the lens of the Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan, focusing on his not well-known Catholic faith. McLuhan himself describes his testimony into the Church as, "I came in on my knees. That is the only way in." We discuss the topics around inter-textuality, the complexity of life, on form/function within mediums like poetry, concept/percept, ambiguity and paradox, and McLuhan's famous phrase "the med

Aug 29, 2022 • 52:05

History is Necromancy (David Cayley)

History is Necromancy (David Cayley)

What is the place of history in our society? Who was Ivan Illich and how might he be a helpful voice, even in his passing? David Cayley shares about his new book, "Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey". It's not really a biography, and as Illich himself would say, "you can't capture me!" We talk about open source, big tech, and enclosure, history which gives you roots, how tradition and change are intertwined, the many myths/idols of society, on good vs. value, aestheticism, and much mo

Aug 29, 2022 • 50:48

Reality is Personal (Esther Meek)

Reality is Personal (Esther Meek)

What is the nature of reality? Esther Lightcap Meek speaks of reality as interpersonal, saying yes to life, everyday knowing. We discuss hope as a person-ed affair, how life is a sort of scrabbling together of clues, gift economies, covenant epistemology, on commitment, consent, belonging. (Recorded in November 2021) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/realityEsther: https://www.estherlightcapmeek.comSections:[00:00] Hope as a Person[01:33] Creative Subsidiary Scrambling[04:21] The Gif

Aug 25, 2022 • 43:41

The Dorean Principle (Conley Owens)

The Dorean Principle (Conley Owens)

Why is Christianity so commercialized? Conley shares about The Dorean Principle, his new book which explains this biblical concept of the Gospel being "freely given". We talk about being a colaborer vs. a customer, reciprocity vs. gift, Bible translation, Christian music, copyright and creative commons, and how it all relates to an open source ethos. (Recorded in October 2021) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/dorean.Book: https://thedoreanprinciple.orgSections:[00:00] Supporting Min

Aug 24, 2022 • 29:02

Attending to Silence (L.M. Sacasas)

Attending to Silence (L.M. Sacasas)

How can we think about digital communication, let alone silence? Is it possible? L.M. Sacasas is back to chat about a few of his last newsletter posts: the nature of silence, attention not as a resource, on hope vs. expectations, the arms race of escalation, manufactured needs, askesis or discipline, the commons vs. the public, and trustlessness and codes of law. (Recorded in July 2021) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/silence.Previous: https://hopeinsource.com/limits, https://hopei

Sep 1, 2021 • 58:33

Ivan Illich (L.M. Sacasas)

Ivan Illich (L.M. Sacasas)

Why read Ivan Illich today? What does the thought of this radical historian have to bear on our modern tech world? In this episode, Madhu Suri Prakash and Dana L. Stuchul of Penn State University interview L.M. Sacasas on his work as being a sort of bridge or interlocutor of Illich's thoughts. They talk about schooling and inequality in COVID, ways of thinking about technology, a life of planning vs. gift, convivial tools, redemption of work, and more. (Recorded in December 2020) Transc

Jun 18, 2021 • 50:25

Digital Disembodiment (Maggie Appleton)

Digital Disembodiment (Maggie Appleton)

How does the digital life shape our perceptions of ourselves? Maggie Appleton starts us off on a discussion of school in pandemic times which lead to a discussion of the disembodiment that technology can create, somehow bringing us further towards our thoughts on time and space? (Recorded in November 2020) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/disembodimentPreviously: https://hopeinsource.com/embodied, https://hopeinsource.com/processMaggie: https://twitter.com/MappletonsHenry: https://t

Apr 5, 2021 • 28:02

Software Tetris (Stephen Kell)

Software Tetris (Stephen Kell)

How is the state of modern software like losing at Tetris? Stephen Kell joins Henry to chat about Ivan Illich's thought (counter-productivity, radical monopoly, critique of institutions) applied to modern software culture! We talk about the software/hardware arms race, how our default is more is better, tech being all-consuming, the tyranny of updates. (recorded in Dec 2020) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/tetris.Stephen: https://twitter.com/stephenrkellTalk slides: Software agains

Mar 9, 2021 • 42:14

TabFS (Omar Rizwan)

TabFS (Omar Rizwan)

What happens when we open up browser APIs like a filesystem? Omar Rizwan joins Henry to chat about his latest project, TabFS! We discuss possible extensions, tinkering with scripts vs being a whole "project", writing it yourself, few dependencies, determining your 1.0, literate documentation, and maintaining a newly popular open source project! (recorded in January) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/tabfs.Omar: https://twitter.com/rsnousHenry: https://twitter.com/left_padHeadings:[0:

Feb 20, 2021 • 27:32

Essence (Sonya Mann)

Essence (Sonya Mann)

How do we think about ourselves and the communities we move into? Sonya Mann and Henry continue a chat about the nature of conversion: about using jargon within a community, individuation, and transformation. Topics include the tools of a worldview, flavors of faith, the good of questions, essence and discovering yourself, hierarchies of reality, interwoven histories. (Recorded in September) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/essence.Sonya: https://twitter.com/sonyasupposedlyHenry: ht

Feb 19, 2021 • 44:45

Reconversion (Sonya Mann)

Reconversion (Sonya Mann)

How does one come to faith, let alone come back to it? Sonya Mann graciously shares some raw thoughts on her re-conversion to Christianity. We cover a lot of ground, going through doubt and spiritual malaise, the phenomenology of faith, fractal reality, "happeningness". (Recorded in September) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/reconversion.Sonya: https://twitter.com/sonyasupposedlyHenry: https://twitter.com/left_padSupport Sonya's writing and zines at https://www.sonyasupposedly.com/

Jan 3, 2021 • 34:36

Approaching Advent (Alex Kim)

Approaching Advent (Alex Kim)

What is Advent anyway? Alex Kim joins Henry to chat about the season of waiting, memory, our loss and discovery of tradition, teaching ritual as meaningful, a Christian conception of time, and opening ourselves up to hope. Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/adventHenry: https://twitter.com/left_padSections:[01:06] A Season of Double Vision[03:47] Reenacting Our Memory[11:17] Being Cognizantly Ritualistic[15:33] Living as Portals[18:26] History as Both Cyclical and Linear[21:11] Meanin

Dec 9, 2020 • 35:47

Technology as Process (Maggie Appleton)

Technology as Process (Maggie Appleton)

Is technology just of chips and gadgets? Maggie Appleton joins Henry again in a 2-part chat to discuss how tech isn't such a static thing, building off of Mcluhan's thought of media and Dan Wang's article, "How Technology Grows". We cover how tech itself contains it's own process knowledge involving how it is used, built, and maintained as well as going into digital immortality and the protestant work ethic, and chat about how our cultures are intertwined with tech. Transcript: https://

Nov 3, 2020 • 32:48

Embodied Knowledge (Maggie Appleton)

Embodied Knowledge (Maggie Appleton)

Can there be knowledge without a knower? Maggie Appleton joins Henry again in a 2 part chat to discuss how knowledge can be intimately personal, through the work of Michael Polanyi. We cover how knowing is an activity, ambient technology, dualism, Bruno Latour, knowing as faith, learning through liturgy, Jesus as the embodiment of God. We end by asking how we should navigate the post-truth world. Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/embodied.Part 2: https://hopeinsource.com/processPrevi

Nov 3, 2020 • 25:24

The Convivial Society (L.M. Sacasas)

The Convivial Society (L.M. Sacasas)

What does a convivial society entail? L.M. Sacasas joins Henry in the second part of a conversation about Illich and his views of the common good. We speak about Illich's critique against institutions, autonomy and interdependence, the story of the Good Samaritan, learning through apprenticeship and intimate participation, and outsourcing our choices. Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/convivial.Part 1: https://hopeinsource.com/limitsYoutube version (unedited): https://www.youtube.com

Oct 13, 2020 • 23:47

Natural Limits (L.M. Sacasas)

Natural Limits (L.M. Sacasas)

Can we consider our limits as a gift? L.M. Sacasas and Henry discuss an understated concept in our modern times, namely our limited nature. We are limited in our ability to control others (parenting), our speech (social media), and our bodies (morality). We pass through a mix of (sometimes heavy) topics: violent games and virtue ethics, parents as gardeners rather than carpenters, the issues of unprecedented scale, modernity as the application of technique, our inclination to believe mo

Oct 12, 2020 • 31:05

Emotional Programming (Omar Rizwan)

Emotional Programming (Omar Rizwan)

What can we learn from someone's last tweets? Omar Rizwan joins Henry to chat about the Dynamicland way of thinking: communal, involving the whole person, user agency. We discuss user control, the problem of lists, industrial open source, materiality and embodiment, knowing through doing, and being aware of your emotions when programming. Also (of course) screenshots. (recorded in August) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/emotional.Omar: https://twitter.com/rsnousHenry: https://twitt

Oct 5, 2020 • 40:24

MA 16: Philip Gee (#3) on Life After Digital Death

MA 16: Philip Gee (#3) on Life After Digital Death

What's life after removing yourself from social media? Philip Gee joins Henry (the last in the "trilogy") to chat about LAT, life after Twitter. We discuss being irrelevant, forcing yourself to think about different things, treating a newsletter like email, restraining your growth, moving to the digital suburbs, engaging with the past, directing your attention and production, being particular and local, making it normal again to not have to create. (recorded in July) Transcript: https:/

Sep 22, 2020 • 33:22

MA 15: Philip Gee (#2) on Unlisting Yourself

MA 15: Philip Gee (#2) on Unlisting Yourself

Why would you choose to leave the public internet on your own terms? Philip Gee joins Henry (for the 2nd time) to chat about his recent choice to make a minimal public web presence after being on the web for many years. We discuss the logistics of removing social media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube), moving to longer forms of media (podcasts, essays, books), making introductory content, recognizing different stages of your career, being out of touch, freeing your mind for the next thing,

Sep 16, 2020 • 45:59

MA 14: Shawn Wang on Open Knowledge

MA 14: Shawn Wang on Open Knowledge

What does it mean to be code adjacent? Shawn Wang joins Henry to chat about not just open code but open thinking with his experience in community managing, the idea of tumbling, moderating /r/reactjs, starting the Svelete Society meetup, documenting and learning in public, being historians of our field, fresh notes vs. awesome lists, the meta language, and adoption curves. (recorded in June) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/open-knowledge.Shawn: https://twitter.com/swyxHenry: https:

Sep 2, 2020 • 54:53

Inhabiting a Space (Bernardo Hidalgo, Marianita Palumbo)

Inhabiting a Space (Bernardo Hidalgo, Marianita Palumbo)

> Do we think about how the places in which we live are passed down?Bernardo Robles Hidalgo (architect) and Marianita Palumbo (anthropologist) join Henry to chat about living as maintenance. We discuss Bosch, responsibility of taking care of the places we live in, on our desire for comfort, the right to repair, the aesthetic of maintenance, and communal living. (recorded in February) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/heritageMAMA: is a developing spatial practice to whom maintenan

Aug 28, 2020 • 44:32

Managing Over-Participation (Working in Public)

Managing Over-Participation (Working in Public)

> Is more (information, people, code) always better?Nadia Eghbal joins Henry to chat about her new book, Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software, a deep-dive into the of open source community and how it may paint a picture of online communities in general. They talk about her 2x2 model of communities, the public web (Twitter) to private groups (group chat), the turn to individual creators, and the importance of moderation and boundaries. Transcript at ht

Aug 4, 2020 • 46:37

Very Online (Strange Rites)

Very Online (Strange Rites)

What happens to religion when it meets the Internet? Tara Isabella Burton joins Henry to chat about her new book, Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World. They chat about our failing institutions, taking fandoms like Harry Potter seriously, how we all remix religion, how consumerism infects all of life, on embodiment and givenness, and most importantly, what is our freedom even for? Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/onlineTara: https://twitter.com/NotoriousTIBHenry: https:

Jul 23, 2020 • 1:03:18

Towards Shalom (Nicole Williams)

Towards Shalom (Nicole Williams)

What does flourishing look like? Nicole Williams joins Henry to chat about faith in a less reductive way (than many of us may of grown up with): on rationality, the Church as a body, education, liturgy, family, being productive, and simply doing things for it's own sake. Was rather hard to say what we were getting at until the very end, all tying back to a picture of shalom! Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/shalomNicole: https://twitter.com/nwilliams030Henry: https://twitter.com/l

Jul 8, 2020 • 55:42

Legacy (Timothy Patitsis)

Legacy (Timothy Patitsis)

Why do we so easily forget where we come from?Dr. Timothy Patitsis joins Henry again to chat about the affect of legacy on our lives through the language of standards, language diversity, being a melting pot or mosaic, Chesterton's fence and legibility, Jane Jacob's tripartite society, algorithmic control and agency, sanctification and faith as an adventure. Michael Polanyi says that "a society which wants to preserve a fund of personal knowledge must submit to tradition". (Recorded in

Jun 1, 2020 • 47:54

MA 13: Jordan Scales on Nostalgia and Not Taking Yourself Too Seriously

MA 13: Jordan Scales on Nostalgia and Not Taking Yourself Too Seriously

Why attempt to faithfully recreate the past? Jordan Scales joins Henry to chat about 98.css, design systems, being pixel perfect, accessibility, the Microsoft Windows User Experience reference manual, using VMs, MSPaint and Figma, whimsy and having fun with coding, creating satire at no one's expense, and even how Babel's Guy Fieri meme could of been Jeff Goldblum in another universe. Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/nostalgiaJordan: https://twitter.com/jdanHenry: https://tw

May 26, 2020 • 1:16:49

MA 12: Maggie Appleton on Embodiment Through Metaphors

MA 12: Maggie Appleton on Embodiment Through Metaphors

Is programming all digital/cerebral or do we still have embodied roots? How does this affect how we write, teach, and learn code? Maggie Appleton joins Henry to discuss everything metaphors (basically everything). We chat about mental models and abstraction, Polanyi, Cartesian dualism, auto ethnography, knowledge, cats! Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/metaphorMaggie: https://twitter.com/MappletonsHenry: https://twitter.com/left_pad ★ Support this podcast ★

May 13, 2020 • 54:01

MA 11: Maggie Appleton on Open Source as a Gift Economy

MA 11: Maggie Appleton on Open Source as a Gift Economy

Is the open source community a gift economy? What even is a gift? Maggie Appleton joins Henry to discuss open source as a gift economy (versus a market economy), why we participate in open source and exchange gifts, rituals and habits, patronage and crowdfunding, quantified self and disembodiment, our role in tech. Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/giftMaggie: https://twitter.com/MappletonsHenry: https://twitter.com/left_pad ★ Support this podcast ★

Mar 6, 2020 • 55:28

12: Haircut (Bonus)

12: Haircut (Bonus)

Why not record an conversation while getting a haircut?Fellow friend and developer Jonathan Tsao cuts Henry's hair and they have a spontaneous conversation about a variety of topics covering faith and culture, living in NYC, creativity, narratives, sharing in vulnerability, and embodiment. Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/haircutHenry: https://twitter.com/left_pad ★ Support this podcast ★

Feb 14, 2020 • 27:39

MA 10: Jonathan Farbowitz on the Commitment to Infinite Uptime

MA 10: Jonathan Farbowitz on the Commitment to Infinite Uptime

How should we think about saving something forever? Jonathan Farbowitz (Guggenheim) continues the on-going discussion of software preservation with Henry in talking about the goals of museums, the hard (and maybe impossible) task of keeping something intact, norms and steps of conservation, comparing physical and digital artwork, the importance of authors in conserving a piece, emulation vs. language porting (rewrite), a discussion of legacy/dependencies/testing, and deprecations/breaka

Jul 15, 2019 • 1:15:22

MA 9: Wendy Hagenmaier on Preserving the (Digital) Past

MA 9: Wendy Hagenmaier on Preserving the (Digital) Past

In our pursuit to create products for the future do we neglect the past? Wendy Hagenmaier (Georgia Tech) discusses with Henry on the importance of maintaining our history, especially in software itself. They chat all about archival: what is it, what should concern an archivist, differences b/t physical/digital, artifacts/process, value/worth of things to preserve, struggles, places where archival can happen (personal, libraries, companies, museums), and our shared responsibility and kno

Jul 8, 2019 • 41:42

MA 8: Anthony Giovannetti on Mastery and Learning through Games

MA 8: Anthony Giovannetti on Mastery and Learning through Games

Why play or even make games? Anthony Giovannetti (MegaCrit) joins Henry to chat building video game Slay the Spire with the community. They discuss games an a interactive medium, immersion, player incentives/tradeoffs, emergent gameplay through roguelikes (procedural generation, permadeath), player mastery/difficulty, Steam early access, user feedback, importance of testing, data-informed balancing, and player accessibility driving features via streaming, translations, and UX. Transcrip

Jun 21, 2019 • 56:34

MA 7: Philip Gee (#1) On Growing Old with the Web

MA 7: Philip Gee (#1) On Growing Old with the Web

Do we learn in a vacuum, or does it involve our whole selves? Philip Gee (UC San Diego) joins Henry to chat about maintaining a web presence since its beginnings. We discuss some of the points made in Nadia's post on ideas carrying us forward, even beyond what we are known for, the greater intimacy of podcasts and vlogs, attaching ideas to people, science as subjective vs. purely objective and in community, knowledge as opening up possibilities, embracing whimsy and being random (haircu

May 31, 2019 • 1:03:31

MA 6: Jory Burson on the Significance of Standards

MA 6: Jory Burson on the Significance of Standards

Why should we standardize? Jory Burson (Bocoup) joins Henry to talk open source and standards: what they are, why we need them, what should be standardized, lifecycles of standards, past/future accessibility of participating in the process, and more! Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/standardsJory: https://twitter.com/jorydotcomHenry: https://twitter.com/left_pad ★ Support this podcast ★

May 24, 2019 • 1:04:43

MA 5: Evan You on Funding One's Freedom

MA 5: Evan You on Funding One's Freedom

How can we be free? Evan You (Vue.js) chats with Henry about the complexities of funding people vs. projects, non-monetary perks of oss, Patreon potentially just a payment processor, the honing in on the uniqueness of open source (being free, flexible, organic/emergent, self-motivated, distributed/remote), full time not being for everyone, the importance of side projects and off-pressure moments and just having fun. Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/freedomEvan: https://twitt

May 6, 2019 • 1:26:15

MA 4: Mikeal Rogers on Getting Old in Open Source

MA 4: Mikeal Rogers on Getting Old in Open Source

How old is open source anyway? Mikeal Rogers (Protocol Labs) joins Henry in talking about making friends through podcasting, conference organizing as maintainer-ship, patronage and fundraising, old/new school open source, deprecating packages and ecosystem health, new ideas and becoming a maintainer by being the "first", and parenting! Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/getting-old/Mikeal: https://twitter.com/mikealHenry: https://twitter.com/left_pad ★ Support this podcast

Apr 29, 2019 • 1:23:01

MA 3: Stephanie Hurlburt on the Perception of Value

MA 3: Stephanie Hurlburt on the Perception of Value

What do we treasure? Stephanie Hurlburt (Binomial) joins again to chat about inherent vs. perceived value, success breeding success, psychology around hiding information, code versus money, a holistic/explicit view of business, everything as marketing, confidence, money as idolatry, the nature of giving, our biases around people/status, people want to see you succeed, communicating how people can help you. (recorded in February) Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/valueStephani

Apr 19, 2019 • 54:34

MA 2: Stephanie Hurlburt on Boundaries

MA 2: Stephanie Hurlburt on Boundaries

How is business development relevant to open source? Stephanie Hurlburt (Binomial) joins Henry to chat about understanding learnings from success, setting health boundaries, what "networking" really means, conversations/pitching, and more! (recorded in February) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/boundariesStephanie: https://twitter.com/sehurlburtHenry: https://twitter.com/left_pad ★ Support this podcast ★

Apr 12, 2019 • 49:01

MA 1: Omnigamer on Speedrunning as Research

MA 1: Omnigamer on Speedrunning as Research

What's beyond simply beating a video game? Eric "Omnigamer" Koziel joins Henry to chat about speedruning as an optimization problem (code golf), game knowledge as discovery, access as a result of technology, issues of game preservation/archival, coordination issues, obscure/popular games, versioning/patches, and more! (recorded in January. Since then, Eric has a new book out, Speedrun Science). Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/speedrunningEric: https://twitter.com/TheOmnigamerHenry:

Apr 10, 2019 • 1:26:46

11: City as Liturgy (Bonus)

11: City as Liturgy (Bonus)

Is the city a toaster (an object) or a cat (a living organism)?We are joined by Dr. Timothy Patitsis to talk about how our physical and digital spaces, like liturgy, can be understood as "the work of the people". We discuss science as organized complexity, the meaning of knowledge, recursive societies, fractal hierarchies, and implications for governance. Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/cityHenry: https://twitter.com/left_padNadia: https://twitter.com/nayafiaTimothy: https://www.

Mar 21, 2019 • 54:02

10: Trust

10: Trust

Why do we trust anyone?We talk about trust as an act of faith, trusting people versus trusting code, and the relationship between trust and work. Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/trustHenry: https://twitter.com/left_padNadia: https://twitter.com/nayafia ★ Support this podcast ★

Oct 16, 2018 • 34:59

9: Liturgy

9: Liturgy

How do our rituals shape us?We talk about where habits come from, why we use them, and whether they strengthen our belief systems. Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/liturgyHenry: https://twitter.com/left_padNadia: https://twitter.com/nayafiaLinks:Liturgy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiturgyApproaching God through negation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophatic_theologyCommunion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EucharistThe Medium is the Message: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_

Oct 16, 2018 • 32:42

8: Authority and Leadership

8: Authority and Leadership

Does authority have a place in religion?We talk about authority in decentralized organizations, listening to others versus trying something new, and when to fork or leave a community. Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/authorityHenry: https://twitter.com/left_padNadia: https://twitter.com/nayafiaLinks:Universal Priesthood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priesthood_of_all_believersExit, Voice, and Loyalty: https://www.amazon.com/Exit-Voice-Loyalty-Responses-Organizations/dp/0674276604

Oct 16, 2018 • 26:02

7: Mythology and Symbolism

7: Mythology and Symbolism

How do symbols and stories foster culture?We talk about stories as a way to onboard new contributors, the mythology of leadership, when leaders step down, and how traditions evolve over time. Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/mythHenry: https://twitter.com/left_padNadia: https://twitter.com/nayafiaLinks:Babel and Guy Fieri ("Favorite Moments" section): https://github.com/open-source/stories/hzoo#favorite-momentsOn Fairy Stories (Tolkien): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Fairy-Stor

Oct 16, 2018 • 35:09

6: Money

6: Money

How do communities handle money?We talk about money and centralization, tithing systems, how much funding is too much, and when to contribute money versus time. Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/moneyHenry: https://twitter.com/left_padNadia: https://twitter.com/nayafiaLinks:Tithe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TitheSponsor Henry: https://github.com/sponsors/hzoo/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Oct 16, 2018 • 44:11

5: Evangelism

5: Evangelism

How do we evangelize our ideas?We talk about evangelism in religion and tech, meeting people where they're at, living one's values in public, and maintaining humility in the face of conviction. Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/evangelismHenry: https://twitter.com/left_padNadia: https://twitter.com/nayafiaLinks:2017 Open Source Survey: http://opensourcesurvey.org ★ Support this podcast ★

Oct 16, 2018 • 33:52

4: Holy Inefficiency

4: Holy Inefficiency

Can everything that matters be measured?We talk about measuring the output and health of a community, competition between groups, growing a community without losing authenticity, and embracing "holy inefficiency". Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/inefficiencyHenry: https://twitter.com/left_padNadia: https://twitter.com/nayafiaHeadings:What makes an organization healthy?What Is a Church's Output?Latest Activity (Commit) As HeuristicChurch Hopping: What's in It for Me?The Internet:

Oct 16, 2018 • 37:47

3: Intrinsic Motivation

3: Intrinsic Motivation

Why do we do what we do?We talk about intrinsic motivation, the role it plays in creative work with uncertain outcomes, motivating new contributors, and sustaining motivation over time. Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/motivationHenry: https://twitter.com/left_padNadia: https://twitter.com/nayafiaHeadings:Finding Your Inner QuietBeing in the Present MomentNatural Spaces for EncouragementOne Way CommunicationFear Driven DevelopmentWorking Through a One-Way MirrorWhen Do You Open th

Oct 16, 2018 • 43:57

2: Community Membership

2: Community Membership

What does it mean to join a community?We talk about casual versus committed membership, and how maintainers and leaders manage expectations around trust and collaboration. Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/membershipHenry: https://twitter.com/left_padNadia: https://twitter.com/nayafiaHeadings:A Call to CommitmentMembership as an AffirmationOn RejectionMembership CompositionFrom Contributor to MaintainerDefinitions are HardNot Everyone Will Be a MemberBeyond the In-GroupMaintainer T

Oct 16, 2018 • 34:44

1: Faith and Open Source

1: Faith and Open Source

How are faith and open source even related?We talk about our backgrounds and motivation for doing this podcast, and why the practice of faith seems so prevalent among open source developers. Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/faithHenry: https://twitter.com/left_padNadia: https://twitter.com/nayafiaHeadings:What is your faith background?Faith as restorativeGiving without expectationsWhat drives us?The conflicts of public service and sustainabilityGiving as a habitSelf-sacrifice and

Oct 16, 2018 • 33:38

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