Mike Evans
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Day to day, hour to hour, we are choosing this way of life—its comforts, its ready entertainments. But convenience can be a curse. Our habits are creating what Atalay has called a “century of solitude.” This is the anti-social century.
Derek Thompson • The Anti-Social Century
It’s been endlessly argued that algorithms influence too much of what we watch, listen to, read, and even think. Personal taste erodes while decision-making is outsourced to the platform. This globalization, platform persuasion, and general apathy has spilled over into all types of homogenization: the look of our coffee shops, cars, architecture,
... See moreSimilar projects online and off followed suit as countries like India, Singapore, and EU began to make rules concerning how data was shared, what apps were allowed in their territory, and demanding that online infrastructure at least partially reflected the value of the state.
Nick Houde • Good Is Out, Evil Is in ♞
Out Of Office Network
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The problem with the Lean Startup as a mindset is that it leads to a Minimal Viable Life. And I know many people feel like they’re living one these days. The Lean startup is a mental model that is ultimately not helpful for human flourishing. There are metaphysical, creative, and moral issues with it.
read.lukeburgis.com • Why We Need More Omakase Creators
When an artist has to fly to Europe for a project, for example, it would make sense to coordinate other shows, meetings, and events to make those emissions count.
HOLO • Future Festivals Field Guide
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare."
–Muhammad Ali
At the same time the mechanisms, media, and institutions that previously were charged with creating some kind of consensus amongst society began dissolving.