Relationship with Time
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Relationship with Time
The world is moving too fast. We want everything done in the blink of an eye. We can't wait, we can't stay still. It's always a race between us and the time, and time usually wins which frustrates us. But what, if for a moment we stop, we grasp out breath and just live.
nametwitter.comculture is non-stationary—it changes, mutates, refuses to hold still. As Emmet puts it, models “actually get dumber over time as you use them,” because they are frozen snapshots of a past cultural moment. What they capture brilliantly is instantly outdated; what they recombine convincingly is subtly decayed.
Sachin • Meme Time vs Archival Time - By Sachin - Summer Lightning
Discovered my new fav metaphor for time in Richard Powers’ novel about trees, The Overstory 🌳
Mirrors and clocks transformed society, but they’re so old that nobody questions them.
Clocks created a culture of anxiety.
Mirrors created a culture of narcissism.
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