A propos of the article by Dave Thackeray Secrets of Design Superheroes…, in which he calls designers to join or create Mastermind Groups and where he mentions Benjamin Franklin, I decided to look into what Ben called the Junto. Franklin describes the Junto as “a club of mutual improvement”. The rules stated that each member (Dave [...]
Temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility...
Franklin´s original list only had 12 virtues, actually. He added humility afterwards as to humble his attempt by accepting his lack of humbleness in accordance to the wise old saying: "humility has meaning only for a Subject who prides". Ok, so that´s not a saying, but it could be. Heiddegger... Working on it...
How Franklin reentered my life and why and how I intend to keep him in it this time.