Erikc Perez-Perez
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Chicago photographer.
Erikc Perez-Perez
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From a 1979 IBM presentation
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Can’t ever get this image out of my head…
Great writers write musically. https://t.co/J8wDku8r62
“Better to get your dopamine from improving your ideas than having them validated.” – Nat Friedman
This is what growing up very visibly online is like. It’s hard not to internalize the sense that you’re constantly being watched and thus everything you do demands a defensible explanation.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has a beautiful explanation as to why Van Gogh’s masterpiece has resonated for over a century.
“You know what I like about The Starry Night?
It’s not what Van Gogh saw that night, it’s what he felt.
[The painting] is not a representation of reality and anything that deviates from is reality that has filtered through ... See more
“You know what I like about The Starry Night?
It’s not what Van Gogh saw that night, it’s what he felt.
[The painting] is not a representation of reality and anything that deviates from is reality that has filtered through ... See more
“I don’t think we talk enough about the in betweens. The part when you know you want to change something but don’t yet know how, don’t yet feel strong enough, don’t yet know what your first step is. So to the people in the in betweens, don’t be disheartened, don’t give up. You’ve done the hard part. Now just take it one small step at a time.
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A phone is a device for muting the anxieties proper to being alive . This is what all its functions and features ultimately achieve: cameras deliver you from time, GPS abstracts you out of space, and an all-consuming screen that keeps you a constant safe distance from yourself. If there’s something you’re worried or upset about, you can simply hid... See more
Tom Scocca • Screening out consciousness
How big would you dream if you knew you couldn’t fail? Take one step in the right direction and you’re halfway there.