👁️ autosurveillant 👁️ @pee_zombie@schelling.pt
but I'm not so sure that this balance has really skewed that far towards the latter, as many like the OP would claim; isn't that just another form of RETVRN? the unknown is terrifying, but we must embrace it, lest it ambush us unawares
there's certainly a balance to be struck between tepid tradition-worship, where the past is mimicked ad absurdum, ignoring cultural and ideological shifts, and blind future-sight, where the practical concerns of reality and context are discarded for the sake of a grand vision
some of these I do agree with, particularly the US embassy one; a building should exude vibes appropriate to its purpose, being a cultural transmitter from the past to the future; many others, I'm not so sure. is architectural innovation impossible? or is just another culture war
but, how would that be properly addressed? focus groups? ethnographies? surveys? consider that there are likely many distinct cultural subgroups for each of these; won't someone always be displeased? should we regress to a boring corporate mean? its certainly the choice some make
I understand the concerns of human sized space, of affordances and architectural UX; I've read my Alexander. but this seems compatible with this aesthetic style, to me. perhaps it's a conflict btwn the aesthetics of the designers and the intended occupants?
and yet, I know many here are repulsed by the very same; clearly it stems from an underlying aesthetic difference, but which? is it a desire for symmetry, a more greebled appearance, or a more traditional, easily parsed one? the sharp, unforgiving edges? or mb the complexity?
while I find this thread fuckin funny, I'm also wondering what is the crucial difference between me and the OP, as I'm a huge fan of this architectural style, especially the geometrically harsh brutalism
I don't feel alienated or imposed on by these forms, rather stimulated
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RT @wrathofgnon
"We'd like a park kiosk where families can buy ice-cre..."
"TENDERNESS BETWEEN PEOPLE IS MERELY THE AWARENESS OF RELATIONS WITHOUT PURPOSE."
https://twitter.com/wrathofgnon/status/905307345885904896
you know we've hit peak when your elderly Russian grandparents ask you about The Bit Coin and if you're gambling in it
the opposite of imposter syndrome, in that everyone knows it except for you
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RT @chaosprime
Dunning-Kruger-Gell-Mann amnesia is when you comment on matters outside your expertise and turn out laughably wrong, but after a while you figure you probably just messed up that one time and obviously you understand things really well in general and should correct some people
https://twitter.com/chaosprime/status/1403918567620423682
ritually consuming manifestations of the America™ egregore to gain its power (corn for dinner)
this is women
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RT @robinhanson
If UFOs are aliens, they have chosen to not kill us, and to let us see them, but not to directly talk to us, even though they must know we’d very much want to talk to them. If a human person or organization treated you or your nation that way, would you see that as an insult?
https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1403926503600103427
talk no jutsu strikes again
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RT @DudespostingWs
https://twitter.com/DudespostingWs/status/1403766749565235201
my kingdom for enough space to have an actual workbench rather than the same computer desk I use for everything
when I said as a kid that I wanted to embody the absentminded professor stereotype I didn't mean like this
the duality of man
top x% of competence in my field at work
can barely pay attention long enough to do my laundry regularly at home
if you get anything out of this thread, let it be this:
consider the ways in which aspects of your experiences/behavior can be linked to high neural sensitivity; perhaps sensory issues, synesthesia, maybe rigidity of thought or need for routine
u 2 might be an autist & thats ok
this is why I'm constantly harping on the topic on here; I know some of you might find it tedious, but I persist in it to
a. lower the stigma
b. broaden understanding
and admittedly,
c. bully you dorks
bc y'all are practically begging for it. some of you literally.
I constantly get pushback for the mere suggestion that a behavioral pattern I observe in someone is, to me, v clearly attributable to autism
I suspect thats bc it seems a serious accusation; but no, it's a simple variation of neurotype, one which manifests in predictable ways
