[nonostantement #155] - architecture & gentrification / spiritual narcissism / instagram & branding
Now with MORE carpets in the snow!
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#PEOPLE
Exploring the architecture of the gentrification. Living in one of the most touristic cities in the world I have some experience with gentrification… it would be interesting to see something like this made with Barcelona.
What is more interesting? PlayStation 5 launch gets more coverage 'than 10 humanitarian crises combined'…
[Video] - As humans we subjectively experience time, so it is not easy as you would think to perceive it and to place it in context.
[Video] - A useful guide about some of the flags, patches, and T-shirt messages that were seen at the Jan 6th “riot thing” that happened in Washington.
'Rent-a-person who does nothing’ - I am surprised and a little disappointed that this news does not come from Italy…
“Ego is able to convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.” - Self-enhancement through spiritual practices can fool some of us into thinking we’re evolving and growing when all we’re growing is our ego. With the difficult times we are facing many are turning to spiritual practices, I believe it is important to take into account all the effects that this entails.
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#TECH
Convince an AI that you're the best artist: you paint, the AI judges your creation and put it in a ranking.
An interesting article that analyzes how Instagram has so saturated the aesthetics and communication of some brands (or even the other way around) that it may no longer be the ideal platform for communicating to consumers.
#THEDARKSIDE
Twitter Bots Are a Major Source of Climate Disinformation. Researchers determined that bots accounted for 25% of the total tweets about climate change on most days.
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