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On how kids create models of communities using rap lyrics
MF: “They literally create a community that the density and the scale is based on their favorite rapper. So when we talk about heights, they're not picking an arbitrary height, say I want a building that’s five stories or a building that’s 13 stories. If your favorite rapper is Lupe Fiasco,... See more
MF: “They literally create a community that the density and the scale is based on their favorite rapper. So when we talk about heights, they're not picking an arbitrary height, say I want a building that’s five stories or a building that’s 13 stories. If your favorite rapper is Lupe Fiasco,... See more
Michael Ford • Can Hip-Hop Inspire A New Generation Of Architects?
... See moreTaste is an abstract, ineffable, unstable thing. A listener to music or reader cannot truly tell if they will enjoy something before they experience it; pleasure in a piece of art is never guaranteed. So when encountering an artwork, we immediately evaluate it by some set of mental principles, and, hopefully, find the beauty in it, feel affirmed,
Fission-fusion societies are defined by a variety of these fission-fusion dynamics, also known as merge and split dynamics. It’s fascinating to think about how these dynamics translate to digital native or hybrid online communities — and how digital tools, products, and platforms can allow fission and fusion to occur.
Where do we see fission &... See more
Where do we see fission &... See more
Anu Atluru • Fission & Fusion in Communities
Mostly, though, I’ve had the sense that the Internet is in a state of limbo, suspended between the remains of an aging, broken system and the nebulous beginnings of a new one. One of the Internet’s best qualities remains that anyone can start over, at any time, with a blank Web site, and create whatever they want.
Kyle Chayka • Coming of Age at the Dawn of the Social Internet | The New Yorker
This commodification of the self accelerated with the advent of Instagram, which turned the visual trappings of our personal lives into fodder for the feed.
Kyle Chayka • Coming of Age at the Dawn of the Social Internet | The New Yorker
Janice Min embraces more with less
"It's not about how big you can get, but the discipline of how small you can stay."
"It's not about how big you can get, but the discipline of how small you can stay."
Janice Min embraces more with less
There are very few Level 5 investors, but Warren Buffet is certainly among them. Buffett has steadily increased his public presence over the last several decades and he was even more present in the media than usual during the 2008 financial crisis. He regularly went on CNBC and Charlie Rose to try to calm market participants and encourage Congress... See more
To quote a billboard we encountered next to the motorway: "You are not stuck in traffic. You are traffic!"