Marta Pyr

And at the same time though, I do think that there’s been a serious decline in the quality of things that we build and a kind of disposability to the world. This is what really saddens me and it goes back to beauty and the way that that interweaves with writing and AI. We got so good at making stuff in China that if your shirt doesn’t hold up,... See more

The reason we’re so increasingly intolerant of long articles and why we skim them, why we skip forward even in a short video that reduces a 300-page book into a three-minute animation — is that we’ve been infected with this kind of pathological impatience that makes us want to have the knowledge but not do the work of claiming it

Wise words from Kevin Kelly’s annual letter: “Despite our political situation, I am more optimistic than ever before. That's because I intentionally choose to be more optimistic each year. Optimism is a choice, not a personality trait.

I am aiming to be as optimistic as I possibly can because a big dose of optimism is required to make better things

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When motion picture cameras and projectors arrived in the late 19th century, people used static cameras to film stage plays and create “animated photographs” of everyday scenes, like laborers working in a factory. But within a few years, new editing techniques, close-ups, camera motion, and special effects were used to link scenes together into a... See more

“The most difficult part of positioning is selecting that one specific concept to hang your hat on. Yet you must, if you want to cut through the prospect's wall of indifference.”