modern culture
exploring the hidden narrative and dissecting the implications of modern culture
modern culture
Don’t follow your dreams, follow your toolkits.
Dreams are perhaps what keep us astray and lost, because these aspirations are rarely rooted in reality. ‘What do you want to be?’ This notorious question is somewhat redundant because the job possibilities are limitless with some even undiscovered.
Your toolkit, on the other hand, is a more levelheaded
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youtu.beIt’s a shift from asking ‘what do you want to become?’ to ‘what can you become?’
It’s a simple shift in framing. Because asking ‘what do you want to become?’ subtly implies that the current version of you is lacking. A dream implies a brighter future, one that is only possible when compared with a bleaker perception of your present self. Yet simply shifting to asking ‘what can you become?’ frames you as someone already having, just waiting to be leveraged.
Convenience culture, struggles and success.
Avoidance of struggles but hustle culture?
When are avoiding struggles and when are we seeking struggles? And what are the underlying thread between these seemingly opposing behaviors .
The question is not whether algorithms can ever foster greatness—they cannot. Their design is fundamentally at odds with the qualities that define great art: depth, complexity, and the capacity to provoke discomfort or transformation. The question is whether we, as creators and consumers, are willing to resist their influence.
Resistance does not... See more
Resistance does not... See more
Dr. Felix S. Grenwood • Algorithms of Mediocrity — william
The rise of convenience culture and subtle ingraining of fear of failure