Andrei Stoica

Perception is a controlled hallucination.1 When you perceive the world, you do not simply see what is in front of you. Instead, your brain predicts what you will see. You hallucinate reality. But the hallucination is controlled , because the prediction is measured against the input you receive from your eyes and your ears and if it is too far off,... See more

I also suspect that Americans feel that their society is a highly mobile one. John Steinbeck is often (mis)quoted as saying that “socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” But the flip side of this is that a lot of rich Americans see themselves... See more

Compare the brevity, and examples, to its first definition in Webster’s 1913 edition:

To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study.

To love, at least contemplate and admire,

What I see excellent.

—Milton

We thus dilate

Our spirits to the size

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Similarly, in his analysis of the architectural profession in the 1980s, Robert Gutman notes that architects were increasingly pressured by clients to economically justify the aesthetic elements of their designs, in part because clients were increasingly organizations rather than individuals: