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KALAURIE'S PHILOSOPHY

Kalaurie strives for a new way forward in the fashion industry, choosing to not work in step with standardised retail or wholesaling models. Consciously distanced from the rapid pace of mass production, her atelier’s heart thus beats in rhythm with the wearer.

Following a made-to-order methodology, Kalaurie has freed herself... See more

A tradeoff occurs every time you get feedback. You become slightly more mainstream, slightly more aligned with the zeitgeist. You become marginally more of an exploiter than an explorer , standing on the shoulders of the giants who conceived the paradigm you’re striving to build upon. This is very effective when you want to align your work with... See more

The Nostalgia Cycle Loop

Hope is the one virtue that requires imagination , in the sense that we consider the past and imagine a better future.

The nostalgic content being churned out via movies, books, even music(!) requires less imagination on our part because it comes from already-established world building. It’s easier to imagine the context... See more

“What I’m interested in is deep aesthetics: the universal or near-universal forms that elicit deep, subconscious positive or negative emotional responses. These deep aesthetics are changing, too, but not nearly fast enough to keep pace with rapid technological, political, and social upheaval around us.”

– Lane Rettig, on the importance of studying

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Like the technium itself — our values are continually going through an evolution. This is why when viral tweets about the founding father’s misdeeds circle about, it doesn’t change my opinion about the Constitution. If their acted values were the exact same as ours, it would for me to question us , not them!

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I love to hear the embryo of a classic song. Here in this case he had the chords and timing down right off the bat. It didn't need "improving" or shape. To their credit the others knew not to touch it as it sounded whole and complete. They could have said things like, "what if you went to a major chord there" or "slow it down" or "shorten it", etc.

For someone looking to dive into Rick and Morty’s deeper philosophical and ethical questions, here’s a curated list of episodes that challenge viewers to think critically about topics like morality, free will, existence, and the consequences of technological advancement:

1. “The Ricks Must Be Crazy” (S2E6)

Themes: Exploitation, power dynamics, ethics

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