1661 || being "above" it, means being apart from it.
"It feels good to look down on people until you realize that being above society is also being apart from it. It pulls you deeper into your own home, your own phone." - quoted from Lily Alexandre's Yo...
7 Jan 10min
1660 || surveillance makes us docile
How do we feel like we’re not being watched, when we are being watched?Studies show that citizens tolerate being surveilled, and eventually stop thinking about it. But we tend to act more docile + rel...
6 Jan 11min
1659 || psychic burden of being surveilled
Cameras "take" and "capture" reality, but even when we know it's manufactured, we tend to trust what we can see. Today, we talk about the historical and psychological implications of photography. Watc...
5 Jan 10min
1659 || personal panopticon
I have tried to be conscious of any of the personally imposed surveillance that I take part in.It’s futile, I’m sure, but: I opt out of everything I can possibly opt out of online. I talk shit to and ...
4 Jan 11min
1658 || personal system assessment
I realized trying to balance things by pushing back and forcing a reset, rather than allowing the swing of humanity, with the full spectrum of human emotions, and restore my faith that just existing i...
3 Jan 8min
1657 || the year you give yourself a chance
If the “experience” is the goal, failure ceases to exist.“you will figure it out.” You should trust that. If you don’t believe it, maybe its time to give yourself a chance to prove yourself wrong. In ...
2 Jan 9min
1656 || controlled demolition
Sometimes, when the facades are crumbling, you may start to recognize the need for a controlled demolition. Not to destroy anything of value, but to strategically dismantle some of the more daunting a...
1 Jan 10min
1655 || no shame new years
We write narratives about ourselves that we show up and reflect back. Address the narrative, and recognize you can show up around your "shame" and it doesn't have to be something you identify with. Yo...
31 Des 202511min
