people
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Rightsizing life
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The reduction of ambition rightsizes one’s life. Suddenly, those magnetic forces, trophies, hefty pocketbooks, and rich attractions lose their lure. All the stylization and mimetic desire mean little. The sheep collective drowns in the waterfall of white fountains. What matters is cultivating a satisfaction with fomo that becomes intrinsic. The reward for sitting out or…
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The hunt for lost desires
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We humans hunt for desires, only to realize that chasing the same materials leaves us feeling empty. Consuming in a desultory fashion is not what the doctor ordered. People are meant to be unique machines, versatile with no fixed shape. Curiosity may have killed the cat, but without venturing into the unknown we fail to…
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What does it mean to be me?
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Sociologist Erving Goffman believed that all human interaction was a theatrical performance. In his most famous book The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Goffman called his analysis the study of “Dramaturgy.” Dramaturgical analysis is the idea that we present an edited version of our selves when we meet others in person. All the internet’s a…
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A museum of self
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The Metropolitan Museum only showcases ten percent of its owned pieces at any given time. The rest of the art is stored somewhere else waiting to be picked and featured. “A physical museum is itself a sort of data set — an aggregation of the micro in order to glimpse the macro.” We all have…
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We take the word processor for granted but fifty years ago it didn’t even exist. That is, until Evelyn Berezin came along and produced the first standalone word processing machine. She previously had made the world’s first bank and airline system software. She called her machine the Data Secretary, thinking that the new technology would…
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People pot pie 😝
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This video of human face pies is a nightmare. The teeth and pies with hair may be the scariest of the lot, while the fact that you can get these customized is haunting. I know we are still 3 months away from Halloween so apologies in advance.
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“To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.” — Man Ray, Self-Portrait
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Renowned graphic communicator George Lois takes us on a tour of his apartment. Located in Greenwich Village, what he calls “the best part of Manhattan,” the apartment is full of art. Even the chairs. [clickToTweet tweet=”‘I have chairs all over the house that I don’t let anybody sit in. ‘Don’t sit in that chair!’ But…
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To celebrate the launch of Stephen King’s novel The Outsider in March 2018, Goodreads asked Stephen King to list out his top 10 favorite books of all time. The voracious reader and prolific writer never felt satisfied with his final selections, but he played along anyway. See below for the complete list. “Of course, any list like…