I think about technology and photography, and have been noted in Fast Company, Wired, MIT Technology Review, AngelList, and more.
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Quick Links
- “A cyren is a bot, masquerading as a human, designed to engage you in a relationship for an ulterior reason. Cyrens may be used to generate subscription revenue, advertising impressions, spread disinformation, or just waste your time. These bots aren’t “honeypots”, because there isn’t an actual human. They’re “cyrens”, portmanteau of “cyber” and of “siren,” the mythical creatures with enchanting voices and irresistible songs that lured passing sailors to their doom.” →
- “Fifty years ago, the average person in the West was healthy. Today, we’re being poisoned by our ancestrally inappropriate environment. It’s hard to appreciate the truth of this when surrounded by unhealthy people, but obesity, chronic illness, poor health…all of this is incredibly unnatural. … Today, we are in the midst of a crisis that is crippling the country: The Great American Poisoning.” →
- “When we want something to be simpler, what we truly need is a better conceptual model of it. Once we know how to use them, complex tools end up making our lives simpler because they provide the precise functionality we want.” →
- “If life is a steady march toward a better future, it makes sense to burn the candle at both ends to reach that destination more quickly; if not, we should make sure to get nine hours of sleep every night and exercise and meditate regularly” →
- “Doing nothing – simply savouring the miracle of our existence in this world – is a luxury afforded only to the respectably retired, or children.” →
- “When looking at older portraits (first painted, then photographed) you would notice that very few subjects smile. As this piece explains, up to the beginning of the 20th century, “a grin was only characteristic of peasants, drunkards, children, and halfwits”. In the first half of the 21st century, camera company Kodak tried to make the experience of having your photo taken less awkward and more fun, and thus created a marketing campaign to emphasise the pleasure of photography. The photographic smile became a byproduct of an increasingly sophisticated advertising culture focused on telling cheerful stories about products.” →
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