4 ms·

Sorry, this was no Vivian Maier. Not even close.

olddustytrail 1y ago
Your comment could have been so much better. I'd not heard of Vivian Maier but her photography sounds fascinating. I don't know why you think it's related to a philosopher because you didn't say. You can improve your comment with just a little more effort.
- dang 1y ago
  I'm guessing the association is that these are two figures who weren't famous in their lifetimes and became known later. You're right that putting down one figure is not a good way to introduce another. It would be better to submit the most interesting online article about Vivian Maier, so we could have a thread about her in her own right. Edit: turns out we've had quite a few! though not very large ones: What Vivian Maier saw in color (2018) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43239046 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43239046 - March 2025 (11 comments) Vivian Maier, One of the Best Street Photographers of the 20th Century - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40930530 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40930530 - July 2024 (1 comment) What Vivian Maier Saw in Color (2018) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19498483 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19498483 - March 2019 (17 comments) Vivian Maier - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19358138 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19358138 - March 2019 (5 comments) Camera Obscura: A biography of street photographer Vivian Maier - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15214955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15214955 - Sept 2017 (5 comments) Digging Deeper into Vivian Maier's Past - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10886162 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10886162 - Jan 2016 (1 comment) Man Buys 10k Undeveloped Negatives, Discovers Important Street Photographers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9750598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9750598 - June 2015 (1 comment) Misplaced: Ethics and the Photographs of Vivian Maier - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9084386 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9084386 - Feb 2015 (1 comment) Vivian Maier's undeveloped film on hold amid legal fight - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8906719 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8906719 - Jan 2015 (8 comments) Vivian Maier: Amazing unknown street photographer - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2256750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2256750 - Feb 2011 (4 comments) Vivian Maier: A life's work seen for first time - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2127744 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2127744 - Jan 2011 (51 comments)
tiagod 1y ago
> It’s easy to say why someone is wrong, Putnam said. The hard part is figuring out why they’re right. And everyone is right. Everyone has some central insight, hard won by the consistency-making mechanism of the brain, built of past experiences, cast as motor predictions, a pattern that repeats, sustains itself in the chaos. Our job is to pan for it like gold, sift it into our own nervous systems, reconcile the resulting contradiction, become something new.
- 4b11b4 1y ago
  wow

Your comment could have been so much better. I'd not heard of Vivian Maier but her photography sounds fascinating. I don't know why you think it's related to a philosopher because you didn't say. You can improve your comment with just a little more effort.

dang 1y ago
I'm guessing the association is that these are two figures who weren't famous in their lifetimes and became known later. You're right that putting down one figure is not a good way to introduce another. It would be better to submit the most interesting online article about Vivian Maier, so we could have a thread about her in her own right. Edit: turns out we've had quite a few! though not very large ones: What Vivian Maier saw in color (2018) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43239046 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43239046 - March 2025 (11 comments) Vivian Maier, One of the Best Street Photographers of the 20th Century - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40930530 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40930530 - July 2024 (1 comment) What Vivian Maier Saw in Color (2018) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19498483 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19498483 - March 2019 (17 comments) Vivian Maier - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19358138 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19358138 - March 2019 (5 comments) Camera Obscura: A biography of street photographer Vivian Maier - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15214955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15214955 - Sept 2017 (5 comments) Digging Deeper into Vivian Maier's Past - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10886162 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10886162 - Jan 2016 (1 comment) Man Buys 10k Undeveloped Negatives, Discovers Important Street Photographers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9750598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9750598 - June 2015 (1 comment) Misplaced: Ethics and the Photographs of Vivian Maier - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9084386 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9084386 - Feb 2015 (1 comment) Vivian Maier's undeveloped film on hold amid legal fight - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8906719 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8906719 - Jan 2015 (8 comments) Vivian Maier: Amazing unknown street photographer - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2256750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2256750 - Feb 2011 (4 comments) Vivian Maier: A life's work seen for first time - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2127744 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2127744 - Jan 2011 (51 comments)

tiagod 1y ago

> It’s easy to say why someone is wrong, Putnam said. The hard part is figuring out why they’re right. And everyone is right. Everyone has some central insight, hard won by the consistency-making mechanism of the brain, built of past experiences, cast as motor predictions, a pattern that repeats, sustains itself in the chaos. Our job is to pan for it like gold, sift it into our own nervous systems, reconcile the resulting contradiction, become something new.

4b11b4 1y ago
wow