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Post-Authentic Sincerity a Premium Generic Essay
Our society is moving away from the rigid order of hierarchy toward the fluidity of decentralization. It is moving from nouns to verbs, from tangible products to intangible becomings. From fixed media to messy remixed media. From stores to flows. And the value engine is moving from the certainties of answers to the uncertainties of questions. Facts
... See moreKevin Kelly • The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
The biggest challenges we face aren’t technical.
They are psychological, philosophical–questions of values, ethics, worldviews.
Just as we are living inside Zuckerberg’s belief in instant connection.
And Steve Jobs’ dream of the computer as a bicycle for the mind…
We are already stepping into the world imagined by Sam Altman.
But what is his vision of a
... See more- "To exist on platforms is to be subject to this kind of continual identity reconstitution, to fluidity. Self-branding attempts to hide this inevitability by claiming agency over it, as though by choosing to turn our identity into capital, it becomes a free choice. Self-obfuscation, on the other hand, effectively embraces it through a kind of acce... See more
Emma Stamm • Who Can It Be Now — Real Life
Value, in an economic sense, is theoretically created by new things based on new ideas. But when the material basis for these new things is missing or actively deteriorating and profits must be made, what is there to be done? Retreat to the immaterial and work with what already exists: meaning.
Meaning is always readily available to be repeated, re... See more
Meaning is always readily available to be repeated, re... See more
Nemesis • Nemesis | the Umami Theory of Value
purism is ego
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the design field (digital or otherwise) has struggled for decades to achieve an invisible, and dare I say, imaginary seat at the table. In our efforts to get business to take us seriously, we have distorted the true value of design, which is what makes it unique in the first place. The true value of design, however, was never to find a single solut... See more