Thinking About Information
Relax, I'm a professional information scientist. Tell me about your America.
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Saarinen with TWA Model
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Eero Saarinen with models of St. Louis Gateway Arch
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You can’t see it, but since this is America, the problem here is debt. Not credit card debt, though I suspect that’s substantial too, but self-esteem debt. They’re borrowing against their future accomplishments to feel good about themselves today, hoping they’ll be able to pay it back.
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“Rap Genius with News | Disrupt NYC 2013”
Thing is: A guy with a haircut like that can’t say, “who the hell do you think you’re talking to?”
(Source: youtube.com)
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I think if we’re doing our job, you’re not feeling like it’s mediated,” she said
How Facebook Designs the ‘Perfect Empty Vessel’ for Your Mind
Oh, ho, ho.
And if I’m doing mine, my students are like, “Jesus, I’m totally being mediated right now!”
I’m at the point where if you’re some kind of “designer” or have even anything in the alphabet close to the letter “X” in your job title and you haven’t read any critical theory I’ve basically got no use for you.
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The awareness of failure, however, like the degradation of the body in the marathon, produces a paradoxical transcendence of the self.
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We realize we’re not saying anything new here, but that man is seriously screwed up.
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As much as oil and water, our lives are governed by Excel.
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Seventy-nine percent claimed that the idea of social media companies like Facebook and Twitter blazing the trail to a new technological paradigm is ‘just plain dumb if you really think about it.’
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Tell you what, this Bakewell tart is superb. Custard and everything.
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As the archetypal glamorous man of Don’s childhood (only much later revealed as a cruel bastard) sings a song about handsome desperation, Don is hunched over between two sides of himself, once again small, homely, and unbelievably lonely.
Just a Gigolo was the perfect song.
I happened to watch this episode after reading this aimless David Lee Roth profile earlier in the day, which caused some kind of strange feeling I’m not sure I understand yet.
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As soon as you crack your knuckles and open up a comments page, you just canceled your subscription to being a good person.
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The Best of Mad Men - Grantland
This is fine, but it’s missing the scene that explains the entire show.
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