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... See moreCulture has to follow the dominant modes of perception of a given era. While a twentieth-century building might have been designed to be photographed, the twenty-first century work of art is “designed for reproducibility” through algorithmic feeds…They each contribute and conform to a generic, flattened, reproducible aesthetic. Hence the general st
The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.
-David Graeber
How can we use technology to maintain a culture?
“We find meaning in work that allows us to become enough of an expert that we are able to add our own flavor.”
Stratscraps v167.
youths have the tendency and time to indulge obsessions
The use of LLMs to turn 100 pages into 50 pages will allow people to read faster. The use of 3x speed on podcasts will allow us to consume more. Smart Glasses, like Meta’s Orion, or headsets like Apple VisionPro — while years away from becoming mainstream technology — will allow us to watch more movies, play more games, and complete more goals. The... See more
Posting Nexus • Here's What the Fight for Your Attention Really Looks Like
“How can you believe in anything when everything around you is changing so fast?”
—Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible
—Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible