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“Our life is half natural and half technological. Half-and-half is good. You cannot deny that high-tech is progress. We need it for jobs. Yet if you make only high-tech, you make war. So we must have strong human element to keep modesty and natural life."
- Nam June Paik, 1986
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thinking about this & why i find it so essential to have a more critical understanding of Aesthetics. past fashion ‘eras’ are reduced to visual aesthetics that as @rianphin pointed out, involves the detachment of the very real sociocultural/political injustices + oppression
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“What I suspect,” he told me, “is that American media in general thinks of itself as separate from the ends and goals of American power. And I don’t think that’s true.”
on our moral responsibility: nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
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being the first indigenous actor nominated in a leading actor category and wearing a bloody handprint across your mouth is an incredible statement to make
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The kids are joining running clubs, buying “dumb” phones, woodworking, rocking Walkmans, joining supper clubs, etc because their lives have been swallowed by digital black boxes, and in this moment of uncertainty (tension re: war, AI, climate), they crave tangibility. It’s simple
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Yosemite climber-activists just hung a protest banner from the side of El Capitan reading "Stop the genocide". Full story coming shortly
a little @socraticainfo w24 symposium recap
what a gift and truly a glimpse into the future – at Waterloo, Ontario
welcome @535Toronto! excited to see the seeds planted for something much needed in the city
@fahdananta @preshdkumar @robjama @thematt_ross
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I wrote about the genocide in Palestine, and how tech has been silent and complicit.
blog.paulbiggar.com/i-cant-s…
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clowning someone for being passionate about their work couldn’t be a more obvious sign that you need to start soul searching my brothers and sisters
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i wrote about the creative process and taste... again
jam-packed w artists i deeply admire: ryuichi sakamoto, hayao miyazaki, yohji yamamoto, tyler, the creator, nam june paik, j dilla, nick cave
it would mean the world if you gave it a read
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The best food city in the world and the best time to experience it, despite its navigational challenges. Honoured that I got to host @onishinyt over a couple of food tours through the GTA.
Some of Toronto’s best dining options are mom-and-pop shops little known beyond their immigrant patrons, offering dishes that recall tastes from home or fuse new flavors together. nyti.ms/3YokvHX
