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Welcome to Wikifesto — where manifestos live, breathe, and evolve.

What Is This Place?[edit]

A manifesto is a declaration of intent. But intent evolves. Ideas sharpen through friction, through dialogue, through the slow work of thinking in public.

Traditional manifestos are frozen at publication. Wikifesto is different: each manifesto lives as a wiki, where:

Stubs become essays become movements
Every section can link to its own elaboration
Readers become contributors become co-authors
The manifesto grows with its community

The Manifestos[edit]

Braided Becoming — Identity is architecture, not archaeology
Against the Discovery of Self — You are not a hidden treasure waiting to be found

Philosophy[edit]

Philosophy should be done with passion, with gusto. Not locked in ivory towers, but alive in the streets—or at least, alive on the wiki.

The stub is not a failure of elaboration. It is an invitation.

Wikifesto.com — Because ideas deserve to evolve

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-<span class="wikivoice-config" data-narrator="Kyle Smith"></span>
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-= How to Be Kind =
+'''Welcome to Wikifesto''' — where manifestos live, breathe, and evolve.
-Hello. It's good to be here with you.
+== What Is This Place? ==
-I'm Kyle Smith. For twelve years, I worked as a hospice chaplain. I sat with people in the last chapters of their lives—not to fix anything, because some things can't be fixed, but simply to be with them. To listen. To hold space for whatever arose.
+A manifesto is a declaration of intent. But intent evolves. Ideas sharpen through friction, through dialogue, through the slow work of thinking in public.
-The dying taught me more about kindness than any book ever could. They taught me that kindness isn't about grand gestures. It's about presence. It's about the way you listen. It's about the small, quiet things we do for each other that often go unnoticed.
+Traditional manifestos are frozen at publication. '''Wikifesto''' is different: each manifesto lives as a wiki, where:
-== Where to Start ==
+* ''Stubs'' become ''essays'' become ''movements''
+* Every section can link to its own elaboration
+* Readers become contributors become co-authors
+* The manifesto grows with its community
-'''If kindness feels hard right now:'''
+== The Manifestos ==
-* [[When Kindness Is Difficult]] — Sometimes it is. Let's be honest about that.
-* [[Kindness When You're Exhausted]] — You can't pour from an empty cup.
-* [[Being Kind To Difficult People]] — The real challenge.
-'''If you want to practice kindness:'''
+* [[Braided Becoming]] — ''Identity is architecture, not archaeology''
-* [[Small Acts Of Kindness]] — The ones that matter most.
+* [[Against the Discovery of Self]] — ''You are not a hidden treasure waiting to be found''
-* [[Kindness In Words]] — What we say, and how we say it.
-* [[The Kindness Of Listening]] — Truly hearing someone.
-'''If you need kindness for yourself:'''
+== Philosophy ==
-* [[Self Kindness]] — Not selfishness. Necessity.
-* [[Forgiving Your Own Mistakes]] — Kindness starts here.
-* [[Being Gentle With Yourself]] — The hardest kindness of all.
-'''If you want to understand:'''
+Philosophy should be done ''with passion, with gusto''. Not locked in ivory towers, but alive in the streets—or at least, alive on the wiki.
-* [[Why Kindness Matters]] — It's not naive. It's essential.
-* [[Kindness And Boundaries]] — They're not opposites.
-* [[The Ripple Effect]] — How small kindnesses spread.
-== A Note on This Wiki ==
+The stub is not a failure of elaboration. It is an ''invitation''.
-After leaving hospice, I felt a pull to share what I'd witnessed. Not as advice, never as advice, but as observations. Stories. Reflections. It felt important to bring those lessons—learned in rooms filled with both sorrow and grace—into the everyday.
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+<small>''Wikifesto.com — Because ideas deserve to evolve''</small>
-I'm drawn to the messy parts of being human. The grief, the loss, the moments when everything feels uncertain. Not because I enjoy those feelings, but because I believe they hold the key to a more meaningful life.
-What if we just... sat with that for a moment? With our struggles, our imperfections, our need for kindness? It's okay to not be okay. And sometimes, simply acknowledging that is enough.
-''— [[User:Kyle_Smith|Kyle Smith]], who learned about living from the dying''
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