Trust and the Rituals of Fear This piece reflects on trust and its role in business and life, as a principle for positive change. It critiques how institutions and professional rituals, like NDAs, perpetuate distrust and control. #perseverance#change#courage#society
hunger I woke up hungry, and there was no good food for me at brekfast at my hotel. Also, no cat, but a mosquito who bit my ankle nonetheless. Mosquitoes #values#society#umami#diaries
The Fear of Being With a Smartphone The integration of smartphones into every aspect of our lives blurs the line between necessity and intrusion. Collecting data on a massive scale during the pandemic sets a precedent with cascading effects on autonomy and societal norms. Time to design human-centric tech systems....Mobile phones transformed from being convenient tools into lifelines for maintaining personal good-standing, leading us to digital slavery. #society#technology
nomophobia Nomophobia — the fear of being without a smartphone — a psychological affliction amplified by the pandemic. Our reliance on smartphones has #technology#society
bender As of this moment, I have been in my forties for a straight 15 hours, five of which I spent sleeping. So far, so good! Today, I am launching a new website and starting a newsletter, sending out its first issue called 'Bender'. Take a look at the latest artwork and subscribe to the emails! #society#individuality#spontaneity#reality#letters
Why Coach Introspection? Introspection, while potentially yielding valuable self-knowledge, may also lead to self-obsession and chronic rumination. We have to penetrate the layers of appearances and develop the capacity to hold several contradictory or paradoxical ideas about ourselves in our minds at the same time. #coaching#introspective#journaling#cartesian#society
What are Us? Embracing spontaneity and inner genius, we can reshape notions and know ourselves intimately. This self-knowledge lets us create our lives rather than follow others' expectations. Introspection illuminates our inner world. It helps us examine our beliefs, find our voice, and integrate our notions with outer reality. We can understand our roles and personalities, and the difference between our self-perception and others' views. #society#cartesian#introspective#journaling#spontaneity
the right to dominate The Right to Dominate: How Old Ideas About Sovereignty Pose New Challenges for World Order, 2020, Roland Paris (Canadian political scientist) writes #authority#society
Can’t Get You Out of My Head Lucy Mangan (in The Guardian’s review of Curtis’s 2021 series): The six hour-and-bit long documentaries set out to tell no more and no less than how #society#culture#film
say my name How do we live by the names given to us? How do we choose a name, or should I ask how does the name choose us? I use a mononym — levèlsi — and choose to write it in lowercase letters. This stylistic decision is my way of resisting the authority over personal names. #individuality#society#authority