The Library

A public notebook by Jihii Jolly. You can subscribe to related essays on substack.

Reading Notes
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INDEPENDENT STUDIES

Longer investigations on our relationships with care and technology.

Companion Machines

About◼️What if a machine could help you return to yourself?◼️Observing ourselves observe🟧Total Recall (Current Build)
  • Relational Memory
  • Efficiency vs. Fidelity
  • Logic vs. Self-Logic

Domestic Labor

◼️What if we viewed home as a care studio?◼️Home as a site of power and resistance🟧Home as a site of recovery (current build)Home as a site of cultural transmissionHome as a site of system design
  • Self-Trust
  • Ritual & Rhythm
  • Creative Work
  • Emotional Labor
  • System Design
  • Civic Preparation
  • Belonging
  • Social Reproduction

Formative Concepts (a glossary)

◼️Containers🟧Anti-memetics (Current Build)Transition DesignProtocolsAgency

CRAFT NOTES

Essays on writing, publishing and creative life.

OTHER USEFUL NOTES

Should I send my kid to preschool?An approach to moving to a new city