Erikc Perez-Perez
@perez
Chicago photographer.
Erikc Perez-Perez
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“what if we took all the energy spent to market things that are bad for us and put it behind something that’s not actively killing us and the planet?…We are so much more than the “consumers” that our marketing decks refer to us as. We have agency. We can make choices about which businesses we do or don’t support. And collectively, those choices
... See moreThe truth is that one day you hate yourself, and the next day you can’t wait to use your gifts.
— Adam J. Kurtz
Winston Churchill hit the nail on the head when he said, “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
When people ask, “why do we need new hardware?” The answer is quite simple…
It’s because we aren’t done figuring out how we can interact with computers. The optimist knows that it is worth searching for new land, because if we discover it, the other side is expanded opportunity.
It’s because we aren’t done figuring out how we can interact with computers. The optimist knows that it is worth searching for new land, because if we discover it, the other side is expanded opportunity.
Murphy broke the silence. “Did you ever hear this theory that Eno has? About the farmers and the cowboys? There’s two types of artists—there’s the farmers and the cowboys.
The farmers, like in his studio for example”—he said, gesturing to the screen—“he’s mostly kind of doing the same thing, refining and refining and refining the same thing. And
... See moreHow big would you dream if you knew you couldn’t fail? Take one step in the right direction and you’re halfway there.
Now the point of this myth is the fact that men at once become fascinated by any extension of themselves in any material other than themselves.
- Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media - The Gadget Lover: Narcissus as Narcosis
- Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media - The Gadget Lover: Narcissus as Narcosis
The Indie Era of Startups
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It was a seventeenth century Latin poet, Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, who at last broke the seal and used the word that would forever connect the inventiveness of art explicitly with divinity, saying that the poet "creates anew" ( de novo creat ) in the manner of god.
The appropriation of creativity from divinity meant that art and artists were... See more
The appropriation of creativity from divinity meant that art and artists were... See more