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     This is a good thing, but such extensibility and possiblility can
     sometimes inhibit creativity (for me at least). How could we
     incorporate constraints in to how we use Emacs, in order to deal
-    with the possibilities that might make it\'s use more complex? A
+    with the possibilities that might make it's use more complex? A
     great answer, thank you!
     -   A: I love this question. What about thinking about Emacs as
-        one\'s own path of desire? What do we want to do most with it?
+        one's own path of desire? What do we want to do most with it?
         But also, because Emacs is the ultimate blank canvas, in this
-        context I would recommend reading Cameron\'s \"Blasting through
-        blocks\" chapter in The Artist\'s Way to get through any related
-        anxiety and find one\'s \'creative purpose\' with Emacs. And
+        context I would recommend reading Cameron's "Blasting through
+        blocks" chapter in The Artist's Way to get through any related
+        anxiety and find one's 'creative purpose' with Emacs. And
         building on an answer from above, taking things one
         project/activity/outcome at a time. Trusting that over time
         skills and proficiency grow.
-        -   I like the idea about \"Emacs as one\'s own path of
-            desire\". It\'s all in my init.el.
+        -   I like the idea about "Emacs as one's own path of
+            desire". It's all in my init.el.
         -   Emacs is seriously the best in this respect!  :) And it is
             so great to be part of this conference to be among like
             minds!:)
 -   Q5:In your opinion, what approaches might be tried to introduce
-    individuals to these aspects of emacs\'s user experience? In my
+    individuals to these aspects of emacs's user experience? In my
     experience, many of my co-workers are often impressed with what I am
     able to do with emacs, but they remain reticent to attempt it
     because I find it difficult to produce a suitably encapsulating
-    \"elevator pitch\" for it.
+    "elevator pitch" for it.
     -   A: Not everyone wants to think about the tools that they use.
         Haha, that is why I am trying to get one convert at a time, and
         let them convert others in their midst :)
 -   Q6: Are there ways to reach out to you after the conference to dig
     deeper here?
     -   A: gretzuni.com
--   Q7:On the mention of emacs being \'frontierless\': Doesn\'t this
-    result in a kind of \'characterless\' or \'non-definied\' space? For
+-   Q7:On the mention of emacs being 'frontierless': Doesn't this
+    result in a kind of 'characterless' or 'non-definied' space? For
     example, if I learn a musical instrument, I am bound by various
     frontiers/horizons (12 tone system, the tamber of the particular
     instrument, etc). Surely there are similar limits on the
-    extensibility of emacs and the possibilities it offers for \'human
-    expansion\'. If so, which limits/boundaries of emacs do you see as
+    extensibility of emacs and the possibilities it offers for 'human
+    expansion'. If so, which limits/boundaries of emacs do you see as
     most meaningful/impactful on growth and transformation?
-    -   A: That is a really interesting question. Aren\'t the limits
+    -   A: That is a really interesting question. Aren't the limits
         here our knowledge? I am really stuck on the idea of Lisp and
         its dialects as being particularly philosophical. Any time I
         look at what people do with Lisp it seems to be profoundly
         related to design on a deeper level. I will leave it here for
         now - but thank you for the question, I will be sure to mull it
-        over and possibly blog about it at some point\...
+        over and possibly blog about it at some point...
     -   Hi! Thank you for the answer, that was exactly what I was
         thinking about (elisp being something particular/defining to the
-        emacs experienc/environment). I don\'t know lisp/programming
+        emacs experienc/environment). I don't know lisp/programming
         myself, so I was just interested in your perpsective! Really
         loved the talk a lot! But the way, the question came from a
         hermeneutic perspective, where boundaries/horizons are essential
         for defining/demarcating the self (of course, within a boundary
-        there can be endless play, but the limits set the \'rules\' for
+        there can be endless play, but the limits set the 'rules' for
         play, and therefore create meaning).Thanks again!
     -   Wow - a fellow hermeneuticist?! 
     -   Haha, yes. In my past life I studied it ;) also studied a lot of
         Stiegler too, so was interested to find him in the talk!
     -   That is quite uncanny! The combination of the three (plus Emacs)
         have given me a whole new perspective on life - and I wonder why
-        Stiegler didn\'t pursue Free Software more, though he does nod
+        Stiegler didn't pursue Free Software more, though he does nod
         to it here and there. Do you have any work to share, would you
         like to keep in touch?
     -   sure! would be great! :) My main area was Ricoeur, so I have
         written some things on Ricoeur and technology (there was a
         recent volume on his work, and I wrote something on
-        postphenomenology and ricoeur) I\'ve since left academia though,
+        postphenomenology and ricoeur) I've since left academia though,
         because it was quite difficult to find full-time work
         (especially since hermeneutics is so
         underappreciated/underreppresented! so, I always get excited to
@@ -160,26 +160,26 @@ Pad:
         knowledge age so we need tools to help with this. Ricoeur has a
         great essay on ideology and science critique, which is so limber
         (as opposed to so much calcified academic thinking) and I am so
-        interested in exploring approaches to academe that \'continue
-        the ongoing work of the hermeneuticist\' (I am paraphrasing him
+        interested in exploring approaches to academe that 'continue
+        the ongoing work of the hermeneuticist' (I am paraphrasing him
         here) that make use of technology, possibly through something
         like Ted Nelson had in mind, where we literally trace the traces
-        among ideas\... wow, that\'s a mouthful of a comment. Ha! I am
+        among ideas... wow, that's a mouthful of a comment. Ha! I am
         overjoyed at the opportunity for this conversation, thank you so
         much! :) 
         -   really interesting that you are referencing Ted Nelson in
             this context. I think org-roam, in many ways, resembles what
             he had in mind with Xandadu; well, with the limitation that
             org-roam only serves Personal Information Management, not
-            our civilisations\' as he intended with Xanadu.
-    -   Yes! the feeling is mutual :) I really love Ricoeur\'s general
-        style and approach to questions. Unfortunately he didn\'t write
+            our civilisations' as he intended with Xanadu.
+    -   Yes! the feeling is mutual :) I really love Ricoeur's general
+        style and approach to questions. Unfortunately he didn't write
         much about technology itself, which made my job quite difficult!
         But I did meet a friend of his once that told me that, in the
-        70s, Ricouer had asked him \"are we still writing when we use
-        computers?\". So, he was thinking about the question at least. I
+        70s, Ricouer had asked him "are we still writing when we use
+        computers?". So, he was thinking about the question at least. I
         only discovered emacs after I finished all that word, but since
-        then I can finally say that \'yes!\' we can \'write\' using
+        then I can finally say that 'yes!' we can 'write' using
         computers (with writing being a core activity of the self for
         Ricoeur). Also, I just wish I had emacs instead of just writing
         so many academic papers in microsoft word! 
@@ -187,24 +187,24 @@ Pad:
         having all the LaTeX options in Emacs (here, I list my fave) is
         like stepping into technicolor out of black and white - to this
         day, I still feel that way! So much you wrote is interesting.
-        Stiegler\'s concern of whether technology - like the writing pad
+        Stiegler's concern of whether technology - like the writing pad
         in Plato earlier - would strip us of our intellectual capacity
         (I can see that possibly happening with automaticizing tools
         like - maybe Excel is a good example, because one does not
         really have to think about what one is doing). But Emacs use
-        prompts us to ask questions and design \*exactly\* what we are
+        prompts us to ask questions and design *exactly* what we are
         looking for.
     -   wow, yes, that is so interesting. I never considered the
         question of desire and emacs until your talk, and it was
         definitely one of the most interesting parts!
     -    In my work I was also mostly interested in Freud (the role of
-        \'technique\' in psychoanalysis) and also Foucault\'s later
+        'technique' in psychoanalysis) and also Foucault's later
         lectures on hermeneutics of the self/technologies of the self.
-        The angle of \'desire\' in relation to personal
+        The angle of 'desire' in relation to personal
         configuration/design was so interesting to me and like an
-        \'aha\' moment. I\'ll definitely be thinking about it more!
+        'aha' moment. I'll definitely be thinking about it more!
         Thank you so much again for the talk and all the responses!
-    -   Thank you too, and hope we\'ll be in touch!
+    -   Thank you too, and hope we'll be in touch!
     -   Yes :) enjoy the rest of the conference!
     -   Likewise :)
 -   Q8: What was that Crichton quote? That was neat! (From the
@@ -220,14 +220,14 @@ Pad:
 -   DOI 10.1007/s42438-020-00188-3 The Odyssey of Pedagogies of
     Technoscientific Literacies
 
-**Links and other notes:**\
+**Links and other notes:**
 
 -   Design Pattern: macro solution; human-centered
 -   Emacs is a design pattern for learning.
 -   Why we care about design patterns?
 -   Emacs as a mental map.
--   Everyone\'s Emacs is their own.
--   The development of the Emacs communitiy is similar to the \[free\]
+-   Everyone's Emacs is their own.
+-   The development of the Emacs communitiy is similar to the [free]
     core of Emacs devlopment.
 
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