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#smallisbeautiful ist das definitiv nicht mehr. Aber als #goodnews würde ich die Baufortschritte am weltgrössten (bzw.: -höchsten) #Windrad #WEA schon sehen!

"Rohbau der Gittermastkonstruktion des weltgrößten Windrades in Deutschland steht"

https://www.heise.de/news/Rohbau-der-Gittermastkonstruktion-des-weltgroessten-Windrades-in-Deutschland-steht-11366666.html

#Gicon #Windkraft #Entwicklung #Energiewende #erneuerbare

@libre_vh c'est l'Agence Nationale pour la Recherche, qui finance des projets de recherche trop gros pour que les trouve intéressants. #smallIsBeautiful

@libre_vh c'est l'Agence Nationale pour la Recherche, qui finance des projets de recherche trop gros pour que les trouve intéressants. #smallIsBeautiful

“We were still in the Cold War, there was #socialism one side & #capitalism the other, and both doing whatever they were doing & it seemed like a binary world. They were both employing large #technologies in similar ways. Then along comes #SmallisBeautiful …” fivebooks.com/best-books/l... #BookSky

Landmark Environmental Books

“We were still in the Cold War, there was #socialism one side & #capitalism the other, and both doing whatever they were doing & it seemed like a binary world. They were both employing large #technologies in similar ways. Then along comes #SmallisBeautiful …” fivebooks.com/best-books/l... #BookSky

Landmark Environmental Books

I suppose I should be thankful that none of my open source projects is high profile enough to attract AI generated PRs.
#OpenSource #SmallIsBeautiful

Idolatry of gigantism

"Today, we suffer from an almost universal idolatry of gigantism. It is therefore necessary to insist on the virtues of smallness—where this applies."

~E.F. Schumacher,
Small Is Beautiful (1973)

#SmallIsBeautiful #economics

RE: https://aus.social/@timrichards/115799526398232428

I love this. Small is beautiful. And I love to see people finding creative ways to run a small business and earn a living.
#smallIsBeautiful

RE: https://aus.social/@timrichards/115799526398232428

I love this. Small is beautiful. And I love to see people finding creative ways to run a small business and earn a living.
#smallIsBeautiful

Every time I hear anything about DHH these days I feel I have to apologise for inviting him to Small Is Beautiful in 2021.

https://small-tech.org/small-is-beautiful/07/

I’m sorry, I didn’t know he was a dollar-store Elon Musk at the time.

What can I say? He duped me with his “small tech” talk, making me think we were talking about the same thing. Which, clearly, we weren’t, because Small Tech is all about inclusivity and a non-colonial approach to designing and developing human-scale technology:

“Small Tech is political through and through. It stands with both middle fingers raised high against Big Tech and capitalism. It’s proudly progressive. Small Tech is the opposite of Big Tech, not Big Tech Light.”

Learn more about Small Technology here: https://small-tech.org/about/#small-technology

#SmallTech #BigTech #DHH #apologies #SmallIsBeautiful https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/115502864868912851

Every time I hear anything about DHH these days I feel I have to apologise for inviting him to Small Is Beautiful in 2021.

https://small-tech.org/small-is-beautiful/07/

I’m sorry, I didn’t know he was a dollar-store Elon Musk at the time.

What can I say? He duped me with his “small tech” talk, making me think we were talking about the same thing. Which, clearly, we weren’t, because Small Tech is all about inclusivity and a non-colonial approach to designing and developing human-scale technology:

“Small Tech is political through and through. It stands with both middle fingers raised high against Big Tech and capitalism. It’s proudly progressive. Small Tech is the opposite of Big Tech, not Big Tech Light.”

Learn more about Small Technology here: https://small-tech.org/about/#small-technology

#SmallTech #BigTech #DHH #apologies #SmallIsBeautiful https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/115502864868912851

The frontier of digital expression is returning to code and text.

Instead of massive models or flashy UIs,
trust grows in small, readable code and honest words.

ZINEs in .txt or .md, local AI, and the minimal beauty of UNIX.
True freedom comes from technology you can understand.

#TextCulture #UNIX #LocalFirst #SmallIsBeautiful #DIYTech #FediTech

The frontier of digital expression is returning to code and text.

Instead of massive models or flashy UIs,
trust grows in small, readable code and honest words.

ZINEs in .txt or .md, local AI, and the minimal beauty of UNIX.
True freedom comes from technology you can understand.

#TextCulture #UNIX #LocalFirst #SmallIsBeautiful #DIYTech #FediTech

One of the small cultural things that, collectively, can make a big difference.

In the English market town of Great Malvern in Worcestershire (at the foot of the lovely Malvern Hills), a local initiative has resurrected a tiny theatre venue that had fallen into disrepair.

The "Theatre of Small Convenience" is some 5m long and between 2-3m wide, a converted Victorian public toilet (hence the name!). It was founded by puppeteer Dennis Neale in 1997. It seats an audience of 12, or 16 standing.

"Set to re-open its doors in October, the theatre’s first show is Sceptre, a seance-themed immersive show designed specifically for the space."

So lovely!

[My covid-cautious self has concerns about ventilation in such a tight space, but we can all wear FFP2 masks and I imagine windows and doors can be opened during performance.]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Theatre_of_Small_Convenience

https://www.smallesttheatre.org/

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/sep/15/a-strangely-magical-place-how-the-worlds-smallest-theatre-made-its-community-led-comeback

#theatre #SmallIsBeautiful #GreatMalvern #DennisNeale #TheatreOfSmallConvenience

One of the small cultural things that, collectively, can make a big difference.

In the English market town of Great Malvern in Worcestershire (at the foot of the lovely Malvern Hills), a local initiative has resurrected a tiny theatre venue that had fallen into disrepair.

The "Theatre of Small Convenience" is some 5m long and between 2-3m wide, a converted Victorian public toilet (hence the name!). It was founded by puppeteer Dennis Neale in 1997. It seats an audience of 12, or 16 standing.

"Set to re-open its doors in October, the theatre’s first show is Sceptre, a seance-themed immersive show designed specifically for the space."

So lovely!

[My covid-cautious self has concerns about ventilation in such a tight space, but we can all wear FFP2 masks and I imagine windows and doors can be opened during performance.]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Theatre_of_Small_Convenience

https://www.smallesttheatre.org/

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/sep/15/a-strangely-magical-place-how-the-worlds-smallest-theatre-made-its-community-led-comeback

#theatre #SmallIsBeautiful #GreatMalvern #DennisNeale #TheatreOfSmallConvenience

🌱 MICRO Common Lisp: Because who doesn't want to relive the glory days of CPM with a 64KB memory limit? 🚀 It's the perfect choice if you prefer your Lisp interpreters small, unhelpfully obscure, and proudly stuck in the 80s. 📼
https://t3x.org/mcl/index.html #MICROCommonLisp #80sRevival #LispInterpreters #RetroComputing #SmallIsBeautiful #HackerNews #ngated

🌱 MICRO Common Lisp: Because who doesn't want to relive the glory days of CPM with a 64KB memory limit? 🚀 It's the perfect choice if you prefer your Lisp interpreters small, unhelpfully obscure, and proudly stuck in the 80s. 📼
https://t3x.org/mcl/index.html #MICROCommonLisp #80sRevival #LispInterpreters #RetroComputing #SmallIsBeautiful #HackerNews #ngated

1/4 Folks everywhere are vibecoding the next viral, marketable thing to "make it big." Meanwhile, I’m pretty done with the whole "make it big" thing and, honestly, starting to feel done even with trying to fit the "average tech Joe persona" (whatever that is).

#LifeAfterHustle #SlowTech #BuildForYourself #AltTech #SmallIsBeautiful #MeaningfulWork

…It is easier to descale a kettle than to descale a culture. And instead, our leaders seem intent on kettling culture.

But we do have to try.
To descale

#smallisBeautiful

…It is easier to descale a kettle than to descale a culture. And instead, our leaders seem intent on kettling culture.

But we do have to try.
To descale

#smallisBeautiful

Scale
is making us sick.
The scales will
fall from our eyes
when scale descales

rapidly

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#smallisBeautiful

Scale
is making us sick.
The scales will
fall from our eyes
when scale descales

rapidly

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#smallisBeautiful

@toxi @vga256 1973, Schumacher, "Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered" - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_Beautiful #smallisbeautiful #economics

Here's a reminder if you are on a really huge instance (server) like mastodon.social you should consider a smaller one, tuned to your interests with better, faster, more personal moderation.
#mastodon #SmallIsBeautiful

Here's a reminder if you are on a really huge instance (server) like mastodon.social you should consider a smaller one, tuned to your interests with better, faster, more personal moderation.
#mastodon #SmallIsBeautiful

Mit Rohstoffen und Ressourcen sparsamer umgehen. Österreichs Material-Fußabdruck ist bis 2050 stark zu reduzieren. Neben #Kreislaufwirtschaft und #Verkehrswende braucht es statt größere, breitere und übermotorisierte Autos kleinere Fahrzeuge. #smallisbeautiful Mehr Infos: https://vcoe.at/projekte/vcoe-veranstaltungen/detail/vcoe-fachveranstaltung-energie-und-ressourcenverbrauch-des-verkehrs-reduzieren

Mit Rohstoffen und Ressourcen sparsamer umgehen. Österreichs Material-Fußabdruck ist bis 2050 stark zu reduzieren. Neben #Kreislaufwirtschaft und #Verkehrswende braucht es statt größere, breitere und übermotorisierte Autos kleinere Fahrzeuge. #smallisbeautiful Mehr Infos: https://vcoe.at/projekte/vcoe-veranstaltungen/detail/vcoe-fachveranstaltung-energie-und-ressourcenverbrauch-des-verkehrs-reduzieren

In 9 von 10 Autofahrten sitzt 1 Person. Kleinere, schlankere Fahrzeuge reduzieren die Kosten sowie Energie- und Platzverbrauch. #smallisbeautiful

In 9 von 10 Autofahrten sitzt 1 Person. Kleinere, schlankere Fahrzeuge reduzieren die Kosten sowie Energie- und Platzverbrauch. #smallisbeautiful

https://youtube.com/watch?v=u2Juz5sQyYQ&si=hvob2Gmqal9zjzjz très intéressant de voir le cheminement pour arriver à une distribution qui tient sur une disquette ! #linux #smallisbeautiful

@markhburton #GreenGrowth IS MUCH BETTER AS A TERM and within #Degrowth works best in sentence together.

Degrowth is ambiguous so this defines it a bit more - know what I mean?

Also "towards": #SELFSUFFICIENCY #MINIMALLIVING #SMALLISBEAUTIFUL #FREESCHOOL #DIY #GARDENING ETC...

Do you use other hashtags like this?

So shocked and saddened to hear that Schumacher College had to close in late August this year. I was very privileged to be an External Examiner for the re-approval of their MA in Regenerative Economics in 2019. I saw first-hand the excellence of this institution - small-scale but big impact
Please support this fund-raiser if you can, and spread the word.
#Schumacher
#Regenerative
#SmallIsBeautiful
#Holistic
#Ecology
#Degrowth
#DoughnutEconomics
#Sustainability
https://www.satishkumarfoundation.co.uk/supportus

So shocked and saddened to hear that Schumacher College had to close in late August this year. I was very privileged to be an External Examiner for the re-approval of their MA in Regenerative Economics in 2019. I saw first-hand the excellence of this institution - small-scale but big impact
Please support this fund-raiser if you can, and spread the word.
#Schumacher
#Regenerative
#SmallIsBeautiful
#Holistic
#Ecology
#Degrowth
#DoughnutEconomics
#Sustainability
https://www.satishkumarfoundation.co.uk/supportus

@ethicalrevolution @helenczerski #SmallIsBeautiful

@ethicalrevolution @helenczerski #SmallIsBeautiful

@nuria Yes. It’s such an important perspective. I was one of those “little children running about” then, now planning for retirement (and for how to use this time to do the most good for new generations that inherited so much harm from us and those before us). And reading Schumacher’s books again now, after many years. #SmallIsBeautiful #AGuideForThePerplexed #Degrowth #CapitalismIsNotTheOnlyOption

@nuria Yes. It’s such an important perspective. I was one of those “little children running about” then, now planning for retirement (and for how to use this time to do the most good for new generations that inherited so much harm from us and those before us). And reading Schumacher’s books again now, after many years. #SmallIsBeautiful #AGuideForThePerplexed #Degrowth #CapitalismIsNotTheOnlyOption

Here's an antidote to anger induced by psychofascist #Israel's daily atrocities & enablement by the West Inc. - a walk in the forest & quiet talk with a delightful roo family. Stop expansionist capitalism, protect the bush. #StopArmingIsrael #BDS #SmallIsBeautiful

Here's an antidote to anger induced by psychofascist #Israel's daily atrocities & enablement by the West Inc. - a walk in the forest & quiet talk with a delightful roo family. Stop expansionist capitalism, protect the bush. #StopArmingIsrael #BDS #SmallIsBeautiful

When the sea creeps toward your gate, courtesy of the gobblers' capitalist greed and over-consumption. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/22/island-states-win-historic-climate-case-in-world-oceans-court?traffic_source=rss&utm_source=press.coop #CapitalismKillsThePlanet #environment #SmallIsBeautiful

When the sea creeps toward your gate, courtesy of the gobblers' capitalist greed and over-consumption. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/22/island-states-win-historic-climate-case-in-world-oceans-court?traffic_source=rss&utm_source=press.coop #CapitalismKillsThePlanet #environment #SmallIsBeautiful

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction."

~E.F. Schumacher, Small Is Beautiful (1973)

#SmallIsBeautiful

Das Trostberger Tagblatt und die südostbayerische Rundschau berichten über den Boom des Chiemgauer in der Stadt #Traunstein: 1,5 Mio. Chiemgauer (1 C = 1 €) wurden in Traunstein im 2023 umgesetzt. Ein neuer Rekordwert!

Insgesamt wurden 2023 etwa 5 Mio. #Chiemgauer von 400 Annahmestellen umgesetzt.

Seit 2003 könnten über 850.000 Chiemgauer an 300 gemeinnützige Vereine und Projekte ausgeschüttet werden.

#regional #geld #smallisbeautiful #degrowth #glokalisierung #klima

https://www.pnp.de/lokales/landkreis-traunstein/regionalwaehrung-chiemgauer-boomt-weiter-15890226

#AI #GenerativeAI #Schumacher #SmallIsBeautiful #CritiqueOfTechnology #BigTech: "This article sets out to bring E. F. Schumacher’s social theory of technology into dialogue with recent advances in the field of generative artificial intelligence (AI). By generative AI, we are here referring to a new constellation of machine learning technologies that aim to simulate and, subsequently, automate human creativity, with a particular focus on OpenAI’s GPT-3 family (ChatGPT and DALL-E). Often overlooked in contemporary debates on machine learning and AI, we argue that Schumacher’s 1973 book, Small is Beautiful, offers a series of insights and concepts that are increasingly relevant for the development of a humanist politics under conditions of computation. With a particular focus on Schumacher’s account of ‘intermediate technology’, we suggest that his emphasis on the social role of human creativity and identification of scale as a crucial concept to deploy in critiquing technology together provide a unique framework within which to (a) address the rise of what we call ‘pathologies of meaning’ and (b) offer a powerful way to consider alternatives to the gigantisms of the FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google) and Silicon Valley-style ideologies of digital transformation." https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13684310241234028

#AI #GenerativeAI #Schumacher #SmallIsBeautiful #CritiqueOfTechnology #BigTech: "This article sets out to bring E. F. Schumacher’s social theory of technology into dialogue with recent advances in the field of generative artificial intelligence (AI). By generative AI, we are here referring to a new constellation of machine learning technologies that aim to simulate and, subsequently, automate human creativity, with a particular focus on OpenAI’s GPT-3 family (ChatGPT and DALL-E). Often overlooked in contemporary debates on machine learning and AI, we argue that Schumacher’s 1973 book, Small is Beautiful, offers a series of insights and concepts that are increasingly relevant for the development of a humanist politics under conditions of computation. With a particular focus on Schumacher’s account of ‘intermediate technology’, we suggest that his emphasis on the social role of human creativity and identification of scale as a crucial concept to deploy in critiquing technology together provide a unique framework within which to (a) address the rise of what we call ‘pathologies of meaning’ and (b) offer a powerful way to consider alternatives to the gigantisms of the FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google) and Silicon Valley-style ideologies of digital transformation." https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13684310241234028

#ClimateDiary As 2023 is ending, I recall my hopeful optimism a year ago that 2023 might be a #TurningPoint for climate awareness, carbon emissions plateauing and #Transition / #Regeneration - it being the 50th anniversary of Schumacher’s #SmallIsBeautiful and all that (see 🧵 in link) .

I kept on sharing this great cover (“the new world is almost born” #Gramsci). But has 2923 been a turning point? 1/5

https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/109607575259368216

A more positive and #regenerative outlook towards the future.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-11-06/sustainable-agriculture-community-supported-regenerative-farming/102982086

We need much more of those stories.

#renewableagriculture #food #smallisbeautiful

Well my tickets for #UmphreysMcGee at #theMish just arrived! It ain't Dicks, but that's kinda the point?
#smallisbeautiful
#frontrange