Part IComplex is a prevalent word used to describe many issues in society, particularly global and controversial ones. Things, we are often told are complex, solutions are not easy because of this and that reason, we need to know the history behind matters the many factors and so on. But are things as complex as... Continue Reading →
How do we register change? Change is the recognition of a new normal. A building destroyed is a building that has entered a new state. Change is an instant moment and is not a process. Change as a process can only be seen in reverse or in hindsight. Food has either rotten or not; there... Continue Reading →
The digital world is an abstract world far removed from the analogue. There is a museum in Utrecht themed around on self-playing instruments and clocks. These incredible devices, complicated and masterpieces all, feel within the realm of comprehension. I can see the parts moving, this lever pushes that lever, the spring has tension and when... Continue Reading →
A certain attitude is present in the modern era, or perhaps in any era. This attitude I term the arrogance of the present, the idea that the present moment is privileged over other moments. The present is often evaluated using measurements that favour the present. The global bestseller Homo Deus amongst other works is emblematic... Continue Reading →
The first of many essays I hope to put somewhere.
That corporations are for profit is one of the strongest myths of our time.
Are we still able to consider the thing itself?
On success and what we consider to be so
On difficulty and things we consider to be difficult.
I lived without my smartphone for three days for a university course. Living without a phone is to live differently. It is a bit bizarre we have not invented a new word for the phone yet. Life companion or life organizer seems to be a more apt description. Perhaps we still cling to this word in order to trick ourselves to think we are not as reliant on it. I can live without a phone we like to think, perhaps we can but can others live without us having one?
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