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This is a bit of a tangent but I think we can all agree that with the absolute glut of endless streams of information we are now relying more and more on heuris
by artsyca 6y ago
This is a bit of a tangent but I think we can all agree that with the absolute glut of endless streams of information we are now relying more and more on heuristics to determine what information is relevant than we've ever done.
Yet people still go on about never judging books by their titles and all that jazz.
Is it finally acceptable to use appearances as a heuristic albeit an imprecise one and to expect people to put some effort into their appearance in aid of this?
I mean as valuable as every potential colleague, aquaintance, or other professional contact is I don't have the ability or the wherewithal to get to know everyone I meet on a fundamental level without any external manifestation of their inner nature.
Is there a balance between click bait and utterly banal that we can apply to articles, and people too?
- henriquez 6y agoI think, at least personally, it would be difficult to reduce my inner self to a clickbait headline. I am constantly on a journey of self discovery and exploration. The necessities of ego and projecting certain outward appearances in furtherance of my external goals only obscure my inner self, not just from the world, but my own awareness. I’ve been increasingly disturbed by how out of touch I am with myself. I would probably also be disturbed if someone else tried to judge and reduce me to a Buzzfeed headline. Regardless I think your idea is interesting and, for personal use, would aid my introspective process.
- artsyca 6y agoI know the best art is created by embracing constraints.
- henriquez 6y agoYou’re right and that’s part of why I love the web as a creative medium. Feel free to check out my site if you’re interested. I love your idea and am going to draw inspiration from it for a thought experiment I’m working on.