Jen Dorman
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Jen Dorman
Science fiction writer Frederik Pohl said that a good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam. // Culture and impact
Not “more, faster” but “stranger, richer”
“But as more tech folks jump aboard the progress train, I’d suggest that they go one click deeper in illustrating what kind of society we’re hurtling toward. Which technologies they’d like to see in abundance, and which they’d prefer stay scarce. And put away the cyberpunk for a second: What about our relationships to each other? The kind of “good
... See moreWhat we admired about the creative spirit was the searing honesty it brought, and the ruthless reduction of everything in our hopeful, over-freighted briefs to the essentials. That, and the dramatisation – whether emotional, humorous, rational or irresistibly charming – of the single, unique role the brand could claim in people’s lives, distinct fr
... See moreThe shock we’re experiencing now can’t be summarized as present shock, which happens when we become blindly obsessed with the present moment. Nor is it a form of future shock, which happens when we feel that change is taking place too quickly. Instead, the shock we’re feeling today is an affront to our most basic understanding of reality. And the m... See more
🏡 Shock and Awe
In 1995, when he was 58, Mr. Foreman received a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, popularly known as the “genius grant.” The foundation praised him for his “original vision and commitment to developing new theatrical vocabularies” that influenced the direction of American avant-garde theater.
NYT, Richard Foreman obituary
So many of those who dedicate their careers to creativity have, like many of us, been motivated by a sometimes unconscious desire to reconcile the various contradictions of our era: between utility and transcendence, a yearning for greatness and a belief in the dignity of the everyday, between the work available and the work we want to do.