# about this site welcome, fellow travelers to an example playthrough of **'republic of bob'** via resident amateur postmodern net philosopher robert what researching sociocultural internet phenomena / generating ideas through play love is always the message; om mani padme hum  === view from the western border of the 'desert mirage network luxe' ![[republic-of-bob-background-(nick-rickert-dmOd1T9gdj0-unsplash).jpg|600]] rather than actually exist or the next-big-thing consider **'republic of bob'** an abstract creative space which opens whenever researchers of 'big science' _pretend_ to consider it a small, strange state (of play) performed with others it's often currently seen and engaged with as (for example): * an artist label & imagination engine * a casual collective pastime / social thought experiment * an open source shared artistic universe * a alternative parallel internet / 'ice-cold luxury aesthetic lifestyle' share and enjoy === **rob's unkempt digital garden / conceptual pigeon's nest** * [[daily lab journal]] * [[research projects]] * [[on hiring robert what]] * [[a critique about licencing]] === **a note on movement _as_ the principle** living and stasis is undeath so lively up yourselves dear fellow researchers this site / the republic - strongly recommends viewing it's rich strange virtual landscape on the move; that is rather than merely / passively sit or slouch-stand explore and study while moving & flowing dynamically with one's full relaxed expansive attention basically do whatever you have to in order to move simply for movement's sake; this is in accordance with the playful 'markour' holistic bodymind movement principle as currently under rnd via robert what (themselves currently rsi-bound due to uk socioeconomic-physical stasis and the often intense labor demands of art) === **professor robert what contact details** for corrections suggestions for further odd r&d just to say hi andor to collaborate on projects (yours or mine) please reach out and say hi today. intelligence and politeness reciprocated: * email: robertwhat (at) proton (dot) me * bluesky (needs login): https://bsky.app/profile/robertwhat.bsky.social\ * other obsidian vaults: https://vaults.obsidian-community.com/ > i am diogenes the dog; i nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels > [[diogenes of sinope]] === // republic of bob