the wise sloth institute
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This is an application for a MacArthur Fellowship. If you know someone who works for the MacArthur Fellowship, please pass this along to them. Thank you.TRANSCRIPT
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Welcome to the Wise Sloth Institute. It's a virtual model of a monastery that I'd build if I got a MacArthur
Fellowship.
You can tour the virtual monastery by scrolling down. If you get lost, try clicking the "MAP" button.
I suggest starting your tour at either The Administration Office or Classroom #1.
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1. Arts Department
2. Engineering Department
3. Film Lab
4. Graphic Design Department
5. Vacant Room
6. Marketing Department
7. Writer's Room
8. IT Department
9. Vacant Room
10. Vacant Room
11. Class Room #1
12. Empty Department
13. Conference Room
14. Administrative Office
15. Lounge
16. Kitchen
17. Cafeteria
18. Bed Room #1
19. Bed Room #2
20. Bed Room #3
21. Bed Room #4
22. Bed Room #5
23. Bed Room #6
24. Your Room
25. Hallway
26. Mystery Room
27. Expansion Area
28. Utility Space
29. Bathrooms
30. Courtyard
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Administration Office
Give me a MacArthur Fellowship so I can build a real intellectual monastery. Until then, all you get is a virtual
one. Though, I’ll be improving this place as I find the time. While I’m doing that, feel free to wander the
grounds, and why not enjoy a complimentary copy of the popular E-book, The Wise Sloth?
Speaking of which, if you didn't just come from there, you should check out my blog: The Wise Sloth
If you leave a message I might get back to you.
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Class Room #1
You'll find the curriculum on your desktop in front of you. And by "curriculum" I mean a bunch of notes some
guy took while trying to teach himself how to write stories efficiently. And by "efficiently" I mean lazily.
Feel free to practice by expounding on and finishing the practice stories below. They're all creative common
license.
The Wise Sloth formula plot template
Formula Plot Storyboard
Notes on writing formulaic sitcoms
8 simple formula plot templates
A parable about how to tell a story
How to write a story
TL;DR Story Time: Sweet As, Bro
TL;DR Story Time: The Paris, TX PTA
TL;DR Story Time: The Ents
TL;DR Story Time: One Night in December
TL;DR Story Time: The People’s Pyramid
TL:DR Story Time: The Prisoner’s Tale
The 36 Adventures of Captain Buigardo
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Courtyard
Stay a while and listen to....
The Adventures of Monk and Punk: Book 1
The Adventures of Monk and Punk: Book 2
The Adventures of Monk and Punk: Book 3
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Cafeteria
This place always empties out when class isn't in session. It's a good time to catch up on your reading though.
The Alphabits analogy (why it's dumb to be stupid)
They're giving way free superpowers at the library
7 steps to becoming a genius
How to become an expert at anything
Reading for truth
How to argue scientifically
The science of thought
10 reasons you're surrounded by idiots
10 ways people get dumber as they get older
Signs you're mature...but not necessarily old
Signs you're old...but not necessarily mature
Media for smart people
The war debt
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Conference Room
This is the conference room. We have it because everyone loves conferences.
Today's topic is life.
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Hallway
I've always wanted grass in my hallway, and now I've got it. By the way, I also do relationship advice.
How to pick up chicks
Why women like jerks
How to go down on a girl
Stages of a relationship
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Lounge
If you're just going to be lounging around, here’s some headline news you can read.
State of the Union: Volume 1
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Water Closet
I left some light reading material for you if you're going to be in here for a while.
Highway to the Thunderdome!
An Agnostic Perspective on the Meaning of Life
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Vacant Room
Chicken: We need to talk about this pants situation.
Monk: I'm just going to go shut the door...from the outside.
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Utility Room
I was just looking for my flanges. Ah, look...I've found one of the children's stories my mother used to read to
me as a child at bedtime.
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Kitchen
Which one of you dirty hippies keeps leaving coloring books in the kitchen!?!?
Zoe's Monastery
The Ents
Project Cairo
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Writer’s Workshop
This is the heart of the monastery. This is where we channel our collective experiences into stories that pierce
the core of the human experience. If any of it seems un-Disney that's just because we call it like it is around
here.
Why: An Agnostic Perspective on the Meaning of Life
The Wise Sloth
State of the Union Volume 1
State of the Union Volume 2
An Old Man From Jersey Explains Life
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Occupy LOL Street: Volume 1
Occupy LOL Street: Volume 2
Monk and Punk: Book 1 of 3
Monk and Punk: Book 2 of 3
Arts and Crafts Department
Want to see some pictures I drew over the years? Also, here's some sea shells I carved by the sea shore.
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Engineering Department
This is the engineering department. If I ever get a MacArthur Fellowship to build this monastery I'd make all
my designs public domain and run workshops that teach sustainable building techniques. If the monastery ever
got big enough we'd send crews to refugee camps to build sustainable monasteries where they can live and
work...sort of like in "Occupy LoL Street: A Brave New Village. Within ten years of opening the monastery I'd
like to be building floating islands...sort of like in "Occupy LoL Street: The Freedom Flotilla."
Unsafe Trailer House Boat Design
Corporate Style Monastery Design
Resort Style Monastery Design
I'll give you my Google Sketchup files for these monasteries if you ask.
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Film Department
The show must go on...even if the script isn't finished yet!
Read "The Unfinished" on Google Docs
Read "The Unfinished on Scribd
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Graphic Design Department
This place needs interns to redraw these comics:
Occupy LOL Street: Volume 1
Occupy LOL Street Volume 2
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Marketing Department
This is the marketing department. Nobody is here, but someone wrote something on that chalk board. It says,
“Stop treating people like shit, and they’ll start giving a fuck.” Hmmm. I wonder if that’s supposed to be our
motto.
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I.T. Department
Formula plot template Iphone apps don't write themselves. Come to think of it, nobody writes them. Bummer.
There's probably good money in that. I’m just saying…there’s room in a monastery for a small business
incubator.
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Bedroom #1
This is bedroom #1. It's basically an efficiency apartment. It's not for everybody, but at least you don't have to
pay rent. I remember what it was like to pay rent.
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Your Room
Just make yourself at home. We’re real laid back around here.
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Expansion Area
Look yonder at the horizon.
A sustainable economic model
Collapse is the product of unsustainability. Sustainability is the product of sustainability.
The fundamental problem with the economy
Cost/benefit analysis of economic oppression
7 ways workers’ rights still need to improve
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