Erikc Perez-Perez
@perez
Chicago photographer.
Erikc Perez-Perez
perezx.com
“Finding the way, is the way.”
– Marcus Aurelius
William Powhida
Advice to Artists
Graphite and gouache on paper mounted on panel
20 x 16”
Outside the corporation's meeting rooms Jobs’s sayings have been printed in huge letters on the wall. One reads: “If you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.”
How big would you dream if you knew you couldn’t fail? Take one step in the right direction and you’re halfway there.
In this new book, Han describes the deleterious effects of that degeneration on storytelling. Storytelling used to bind us communally over the campfire; it connected us to our pasts and helped us imagine hopeful futures. The digital screen has replaced that fire, making us individuals performing factitious versions of ourselves to unseen peers,... See more
Stuart Jeffries • The Crisis of Narration by Byung-Chul Han Review – How Big Tech Altered the Narrative
"…everyone wants to succeed immediately and without pain or effort. Or they love to write books about how to write books, rather than actually writing...a book that might actually be about something. Bad advice is every- where. Build a following. Establish a platform. Learn how to scam the system. In other words, do all the surface stuff and none... See more
optimizing for satisfaction is almost always the most meaning-making and longest-lasting option. In my book, big things are only worth committing to if the answer to the question “would you do this thing even if no one was watching?”
Things like music, books, art, family, friends, the inner life, etc. will increasingly play a larger role in quality of life (and hence progress) than gadgets and devices.
Over the next decade, the epicenter for meaningful progress will be the private lives of individuals and small communities. It will be driven by their wisdom, their core values,... See more
Over the next decade, the epicenter for meaningful progress will be the private lives of individuals and small communities. It will be driven by their wisdom, their core values,... See more