Vaclav Havel, the Power of the Powerless (1978)

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In landscape on an iPhone it is very readable. In portrait, not so much as you have pointed out.

by tanseydavid

Why does the website render a word or two per line on mobile

by szmarczak

Vaclav Havel: revolutionary, former President of the Czech Republic, and brilliant poet who (IIRC) invented visual word poetry, where the typographic arrangement is part of the poem's intended impact.

by IAmBroom

How was Havel's visual poetry different from typographic experiments of the Futurists, like Zang Tumb Tumb?

by throw-the-towel

HAHAHA. Best joke ever. Sleeping agent of regime, siphoning all foreign aid for himself. Empty or random words generator is more matching term than "poet".

by shuwix

I recently read his essay, and wrote a reflection after a trip to Dominica. Review 001: THE POWER OF THE POWERLESS - https://www.metanoia-research.com/review-001-the-power-of-th...

by metanoia_

Very much related, Carney at Davos:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46694482

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46694947

by consumer451

Nice speech, but twisting Havel into a comment about international governance, at Davos of all places—while enthusiastically joining the global internet crackdown—is quite cheeky.

Havel’s essay is clearly about human-scale, bottom-up resistance against totalitarianism, not about creating new oppressive systems to defeat the old ones. The ending seems to reject traditional forms of “governance” entirely.

(For what it’s worth, I agree with some of Carney’s points—the old order was always a lie, and it is indeed dead.)

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Hacker News
In landscape on an iPhone it is very readable. In portrait, not so much as you have pointed out.
by tanseydavid
Why does the website render a word or two per line on mobile
by szmarczak
Vaclav Havel: revolutionary, former President of the Czech Republic, and brilliant poet who (IIRC) invented visual word poetry, where the typographic arrangement is part of the poem's intended impact.
by IAmBroom
How was Havel's visual poetry different from typographic experiments of the Futurists, like Zang Tumb Tumb?
by throw-the-towel
HAHAHA. Best joke ever. Sleeping agent of regime, siphoning all foreign aid for himself. Empty or random words generator is more matching term than "poet".
by shuwix
I recently read his essay, and wrote a reflection after a trip to Dominica. Review 001: THE POWER OF THE POWERLESS - https://www.metanoia-research.com/review-001-the-power-of-th...
by metanoia_
Very much related, Carney at Davos:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46694482
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46694947
by consumer451
Nice speech, but twisting Havel into a comment about international governance, at Davos of all places—while enthusiastically joining the global internet crackdown—is quite cheeky.
Havel’s essay is clearly about human-scale, bottom-up resistance against totalitarianism, not about creating new oppressive systems to defeat the old ones. The ending seems to reject traditional forms of “governance” entirely.
(For what it’s worth, I agree with some of Carney’s points—the old order was always a lie, and it is indeed dead.)
by iamnothere