Andrei Stoica

If the societal remedies inspired by a degraded discourse of doom leave much to be desired, then the individual actions prescribed by this degraded discourse only generate further discontent. If your city truly is doomed, then amidst heightened pessimism about governmental efficacy, exit seems the only logical choice. During the pandemic, the media... See more

That's the second major confusion. There is no such thing as average!! An average person doesn't exist. This is an error of statistics. Average is a statistical concept. It doesn't and can't make sense outside of the context of statistical analysis. There is no such thing as average culture, or an average teacher, or an average school. Anytime you... See more

The year is 1990. Just a random IBM event at Sharaton Hotel in San Diego. Extraordinary design and message. > The labyrinth motif, chosen by IBM to symbolize technical excellence, is ascribed to Daedalus, the ingenious inventor of Greek mythology, who is also said to have fashioned wings with which he and his son,... See more

As Foucault said of Bachelard a few years later, his characteristic approach was to avoid all defined hierarchies, any universal judgments: ‘He plays against his own culture with his own culture.’ He stood apart, separating himself from the mainstream, finding cracks, dissonances, minor phenomena that he could make his own. Poetry of every... See more

Loewenberg notes that this design was incredibly simple and inexpensive to create:

‘‘it is the simplest box we have ever built, and in fact, the hardest part of the job was convincing the contractors that other than the cost of the materials to extend the balcony slabs this would be no different from building the basic box.’’ Ultimately, Loewenberg

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