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Schools: The development and acceptance of centralized schools can be attributed to the lack of alternative repositories of knowledge in earlier times.
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Book: * Published Book 1 - The Future of Chinese Tea Ceremony: Schools, tests, and competitions in Chinese Tea Ceremony? [https://www.teatechnique.org/schools-tests-and-competitions-in-chinese-tea-ceremony/] Other Content: * Published Google Maps Strikes Again [http://www.cultofquality.com/index.php/2021/05/google-maps-strikes-again/] on Cult of Quality, the promised story from last week&
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Editorial Conversations: Book 1 - Chapter 4, Section 1: How do other Praxes Progress their Techne Paid Members Public
The show is also available on YouTube [https://youtu.be/LDyRhirsP8U] and Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0045GU8ZzPjrKa7Yuvw5PK]. Errata * 4:59 - Ryan is referencing the Chado Urasenke Tankokai Philadelphia Association (https://phillytea.org/) and Willi Singleton ( https://www.willisingleton.com/). * 14:09 - The san-senke schools have not
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Book: * Last week's chapter was delayed because of travel circumstances; I plan to write something about that soon. * Chapter 2: The Primacy of Perception in the Propagation of Praxes [https://www.teatechnique.org/the-primacy-of-perception-in-the-propagation-of-praxes/] has been updated with two additional teapot examples, the last two teapots on the
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Book: * No Changes Other Content: * I wrote a long comment as a followup to the Editorial Conversation: Book 1 - Chapter 3: Use, Disuse, and the Experience of Meaning [https://www.teatechnique.org/posts/editorial-conversation-use-disuse-and-meaning/] podcast. Updates: * The last change-log was sent with the wrong date (6/6/2021 instead
Editorial Conversations: Book 1 - Chapter 4: The Future of Chinese Tea Ceremony Paid Members Public
Where is Gongfu Cha going? It is inarguably a dying art; while tea is resurgently popular, tea ceremony is a niche praxis practiced by few, mastered by fewer, and insufficiently culturally-prevalent to support the related arts necessary for its progression.