The Workshop

Wednesday Workshop 12: Build a Forcing Function for One Recurring Slip

Wednesday Workshop 12: Build a Forcing Function...

A single-reader studio where you name one everyday slip, map the hidden schema that produced it, then build and test a cheap household forcing function that makes the wrong next...

Wednesday Workshop 12: Build a Forcing Function...

A single-reader studio where you name one everyday slip, map the hidden schema that produced it, then build and test a cheap household forcing function that makes the wrong next...

Wednesday Workshop 11: From Everyday Objects to Abstract Forms

Wednesday Workshop 11: From Everyday Objects to...

Impose three hard constraints on one everyday object or Grove form, abstract it until its affordances explain themselves, then add a single eight-second sound that supplies the missing feedback —...

Wednesday Workshop 11: From Everyday Objects to...

Impose three hard constraints on one everyday object or Grove form, abstract it until its affordances explain themselves, then add a single eight-second sound that supplies the missing feedback —...

Wednesday Workshop 10: Design a Radio

Wednesday Workshop 10: Design a Radio

Inspired by Don Norman’s principles from The Design of Everyday Things Required functions (≈8) Design clear, discoverable controls for a basic radio that can: Turn on/off Adjust volume Tune /...

Wednesday Workshop 10: Design a Radio

Inspired by Don Norman’s principles from The Design of Everyday Things Required functions (≈8) Design clear, discoverable controls for a basic radio that can: Turn on/off Adjust volume Tune /...

Wednesday Workshop 9: Drawing the Line of Secularism, Not Crossing It

Wednesday Workshop 9: Drawing the Line of Secul...

A self-guided exercise that invites you to choose one contested secular-versus-religious topic, encounter strong cases from both sides, weigh their strengths and weaknesses, and map where you yourself stand.

Wednesday Workshop 9: Drawing the Line of Secul...

A self-guided exercise that invites you to choose one contested secular-versus-religious topic, encounter strong cases from both sides, weigh their strengths and weaknesses, and map where you yourself stand.

Wednesday Workshop 8: Distinguishing Magick, Magic, and Occultism

Wednesday Workshop 8: Distinguishing Magick, Ma...

At Jangled Jester, Magick is the form of any process, Magic is the specialized craft of illusions within it, and Occultism is the secular philosophy of treating ignorance as the...

Wednesday Workshop 8: Distinguishing Magick, Ma...

At Jangled Jester, Magick is the form of any process, Magic is the specialized craft of illusions within it, and Occultism is the secular philosophy of treating ignorance as the...

Wednesday Workshop 7: Physicalism in Practice

Wednesday Workshop 7: Physicalism in Practice

This online workshop examines physicalism through its primary features and a thought experiment that tests whether any coherent subject can be described without involving motion, transformation, space, or other physical...

Wednesday Workshop 7: Physicalism in Practice

This online workshop examines physicalism through its primary features and a thought experiment that tests whether any coherent subject can be described without involving motion, transformation, space, or other physical...