Tag Archives: society

Fake architecture

Back in 2006, early on a Saturday morning, artists Julien Berthier and Simon Boudvin installed a new door in the city of Paris—but it was a fake door, leading nowhere, on an otherwise empty wall in the 3rd arrondissement. From BLDGBLOG. I love the idea of fake architecture, I wonder if you can send it post.

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On understanding

Humans do not engage in activities that are meaningless. If you think you see people doing things you find meaningless, look again and try to understand what the activities mean for them. Henry Jenkins

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Hearts and minds, not eyeballs

Following doesn’t mean paying attention. You don’t want numbers on Twitter, not really. What you want is to follow and be followed by human beings who care about issues you care about. This thing we make together. This thing is about hearts and minds, not eyeballs. Especially not eyeballs that aren’t even watching. Stop chasing followers […]

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The Shirky Principle

Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution. The Shirky Principle

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Real people

It’s too overwhelming to remember that at the end of every computer is a real person, a lot like you, whose birthday was last week, who has three best friends but nobody to spoon at night, and is personally affected by what you say. Even if we remember it right now, is it even possible to remember it […]

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