Ok cool! I figured I was missing something. Thanks for the suggestion :^)

I don’t know Bruce Sterling, so I read a few of the articles. Is it a scifi blog? It seems more like a general art and writer sort of thing? I might have not scrolled down far enough.

I think its great they are promoting Lemmy but I think the notes are unneeded. Tell people Lemmy is great, give them a recommended instance to sign up on, and stop selling. They can learn about the rest after theyve gotten their lemmylegs underneath them.

Give them 5 extra paragraphs of caveats and people will think they are more confused than they are. I ended up on squabbles for two months after the reddit exodus because everytime Lemmy was brought up it was with a massive text wall or that one infocomic. Its free, theres no ads, and no one person owns it - thats really all you need to know to get started.

I came here to suggest Cathode Ray Dude, glad to see him mentioned. Fantastic, high-quality channel.

Your second link, the women’s march one, is basically an exact match.

Fascinating article, thank you for posting this. Very different from the style of monks I’m used to seeing - the idea of being a monk for anything less than the rest of your life is unusual to me. Seems like it could definitely have an impact on many 20 year olds.