Damn
Stuff I either 1) felt, like physically shaken by or 2) couldn’t imagine another human being saw in the same way (read: someone read my mind)
Damn
Be wary of dismissing self-delusion entirely. An intelligent person might conclude its worth their time to delude themselves a bit in order to feel the agency to accomplish something else.
On why “smart” people engage in ritualistic, irrational practices
so much in society actually runs on stories and beliefs. Money has no power or meaning beyond what we give it, for instance, and yet this idea dictates who lives and who dies on an unthinkable scale. Gods aren't real, nations are conceits, love itself is subjective, morality and self-preservation are optional, yet how many will sacrifice blood and ... See more
Have been wondering why the rise of occultism and folklore over the last 4 of to years and finally this one Reddit comment provided just the necessary context I needed to understand
Empty vessels make the most noise. Democracy promises every voice will be included and heard; yet we know this is not always the case. I have a strong personality and a dominant voice, it was easy for somebody like me to suppress or overturn another softer voice.
Trade School 2009–2019 Compilation
while my voice isn’t traditionally “loud”, my inner self wants to be dominant - this is a lesson for me to learn to hear everyone more
Why We Want Robots at Work but Humans in Art
We hate other people when latency becomes intolerable. As soon as a task is about speed, other humans feel like an irritating inconvenience. The Uber driver’s small talk annoys us. We wish we were in a Waymo. The cashier’s tip screen feels like a micro-ransom when all we want is a bottle of water. Elevato... See more
We hate other people when latency becomes intolerable. As soon as a task is about speed, other humans feel like an irritating inconvenience. The Uber driver’s small talk annoys us. We wish we were in a Waymo. The cashier’s tip screen feels like a micro-ransom when all we want is a bottle of water. Elevato... See more
Why We Want Robots at Work but Humans in Art
have no words to describe how accurate this is
Practically every person who graduates from art school will be forced to professionally reinvent themselves as something other than an artist. Because of this, the process of quitting art has been enshrined in the art world as its own respectable genre. This allows professional failure to be normalized so that nothing has to change in an art world ... See more
Unfortunately stating the obvious, but finally
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
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Any damn fool can make it complex. It takes a genius to make it simple
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
Most stakeholders I've worked with think they have all the talent and intuition of an S tier designer, they just can't be bothered to learn the tool. So they treat designers like a peripheral. That irks me the most about design.
She Regrets Graphic Design
A comment under this Zimri Mayfield video. Says it all. What’s frustrated me the most working with the majority of mu past clients and employers but I haven’t been able to verbalise.
This is choice paralysis. Previous generations didn’t have many options so they stuck together through hard times and made it work. Now, abundance (or its illusion) has led people to feel less satisfied. People are now more anxious about making a choice and less certain that the one they made was correct.