Erikc Perez-Perez
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Chicago photographer.
Erikc Perez-Perez
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There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
– Peter Drucker
All desire is a desire for being.”
We think we want things, but every desire points to a way of life, a kind of person we long to become. Objects seduce us not with their utility but with their promise of transcendence—status, attention, belonging.
We think we want things, but every desire points to a way of life, a kind of person we long to become. Objects seduce us not with their utility but with their promise of transcendence—status, attention, belonging.
But here's what troubles me about this whole arrangement: we know belief isn't built on truth. It's built on repetition .
stepfanie tyler • thinking about thinking
years ago someone suggested using the word devotion instead of discipline and I swear it’s the only reason I am so committed to the things that I love ~ bc devotion is an act of love ~ while discipline feels like an act of force
viendasubstack.comWhat’s for you won’t pass you.
if you kill a cockroach you are a hero, if you kill a butterfly, you are evil. morals have aesthetic criteria.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
daisy.substack.comHumility is not thinking less of yourself. It’s thinking of yourself less.
set of remarks Postman delivered in 1988 titled "Five Things We Need to Know About Technological Change." In it, he explores five insights about technology that every builder and user of technology needs to know:
- All technological change is a trade-off.
- The advantages and disadvantages of new technologies are never distributed evenly among the popula