it did a lot of GHOST MATH
“The real political task in a society such as ours is to criticize the workings of institutions that appear to be both neutral and independent, to criticize and attack them in such a manner that the political violence that has always exercised itself obscurely through them will be unmasked, so that one can fight against them.”
-Michel Foucault
"Chillin' out with the crew in the school yard,
Findin' trouble, never lookin' too hard.
Well back at class, they never taught us this,
Some things you gotta learn, hit or miss.
Tough times, hard climbs,
We'll take 'em on together.
Right now, let's go!
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Generation NeXt!"
You can't be everything to all people. But you can do just enough at the right times to suggest, or create the illusion that you are everything to some people. And this is what Machiavelli's The Prince was all about. We live in a world of images and for the most part appearances are more important and realer than real! What Baudrillard called hyperreality. And so if you want to live in society and play the social game then the self is a curator of images and appearances. This is what any application is asking you to do. And then the next thing I want to say is 'don't worry about any of that' or 'do what makes YOU happy' and 'don't lose sight of what feels genuine and true to you' which is all true but also why not curate kindness and joy? Why not provide guidance and support and junk?
No comments:
Post a Comment