the visibox and the pony
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Dream Cars Cost More Than Money
Danny saw an ad for the very car he’d been praying would arrive on the second hand market. Good nick, and the price looked like a bargain. Too good to be true. Indeed, it was. Danny arrived at the house of the seller. He knocked once. Impatient for his dream car, he knocked again. Nothing.…
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Aphorism 7
Little waves of criticism might knock an artist off balance, but it’s an ocean of indifference that drowns them.
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Aphorism 6
Beware those who flaunt their moral compass, for they may delight in using it to ruin you.
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The Public Opinion of You & Me
A quote that jumped out at me in the TV series House of Cards: “Public opinion doesn’t have a law degree.” When we think about the cascade of information that circulates about ourselves as individuals, as well as the ensuing analysis of it, it’s tempting to believe that people who encounter it will – with…
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AI vs Flawed Artist
Some people worry that AI will make artists obsolete. After all, it can already generate songs and images and poems, among other things. I have doubts (or you may call them hopes). A large part of what makes great art so alluring, I believe, is that a flawed human, just like you and me, could…