River Kenna
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River Kenna
Meanwhile, some of the most serious people I know do their serious thing gratis and make their loot somewhere else. My dad, whose photographs sit at the top of every Experimental History post, quit his job at the newspaper and went to work as a postal carrier instead. Why? As he puts it: “I could afford better lenses delivering mail than I could... See more
Adam Mastroianni • Surely You Can Be Serious
Deep Humanities
Exploring the role of humanities and arts in the face of technological advancements, with a focus on deep interdisciplinary engagement, ethics, bias, and redefining human-machine relationships.
sjsu.edu“His three Eras or Dominants are: (1) the Old Dominant of religion, which he associates with the way of knowing called belief and the professionalism of priests; (2) the present Dominant of materialistic science, which he associates with the way of knowing called explanation and the professionalism of scientists; and (3) the New Dominant of what he... See more
the depth of a conversation depends on how deeply seen you feel, not on the topic of conversation
Abstract Fairyx.comIn the age of digital overflow, simplicity isn't just about decluttering
It's about aligning every bit of information we consume with purposeful action
Tiago Fortex.com
If you don’t have the ocean waiting to crush you, or a puma stalking you through the forest, you have to manufacture your own sense of stakes, of generative urgency.
This is, as I see it, the core characteristic of the Anthropocene: the human psyche has become one of the most powerful forces we know of, but we’re still terribly clumsy novices with it. We can start out with a desire to sell more cotton, and before you know it, an ecosystem has vanished and we’ve got skyrocketing rates of esophageal cancer.