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Chris Lavergne

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4,407 quotes curated by Chris Lavergne:

“This trend toward oceanic volumes of cultural microproducts can be associated with run-of-the-mill neoliberal prosumerism, but there’s more here than meets the eye. While classical accounts of neoliberal prosumerism integrate the subject as an active participant in a joint consumption-production process (e.g., the customization of products, creative work hosted on digital platforms, etc.), in fact, the subject has become more and more passive as both consumer and producer, a receding witness to a spectacle of fully autonomous consumption-production that occupies more and more of the subject as a substrate or pass-through medium.”
— Marek Poliks, Roberto Alonso Trillo, 0-Degree Plane of Neuroelectronic Continuity: AI & Psychosocial Evaporation
“Data like sleep quality (time to sleep, time in REM, time in deep sleep, breathing rate), cardiovascular information (heart rate, blood pressure, cholesterol level, blood oxygen level), blood type, activity stats (gym membership, eldercare motion tracking information, step count, walking asymmetry, double-support time, flights climbed, speed and intensity of motion, 1RM, ROM, time to recover), metabolic stats (blood sugar, weight, BMI, % body fat, available nutrition), nutritional identity, allergies (food or drug), exposure to pollution (lead/metals, smog, waste), vision stats, disability status, injury history, general medical history, history of addictions, genetic predispositions, medical insurance status, medical insurance premium, active medication list, psychological profile (disorders, typology), birthdate, birth location, pregnancy status, access to abortion, living family, dead family, history of abuse, physical proximity to family (incl. pets), race, heritage, family origin, ethnicity, skin color, nationality, immigration status, visa status, passport status, military status, religious affiliation, spiritual beliefs, relationship status, relationship structure preference, sexual preference, sexuality, gender, chosen pronouns, sex assignment, household income after taxes, assets, bank account, liquidity, credit card account, available credit, credit score, home address, smart home login information (incl. automatic lighting, voluntary video and audio surveillance), home insurance status, temperature/humidity, air quality metrics (CO, radon, smoke), therms consumed, vehicle status, gasoline consumed, CO2 units consumed (transit, shipping, vehicle), kWh (raw usage, EV charging, computation incl. training AIs, or mining crypto), internet connection, education history (incl. literacy), income tax at location of childhood, SAT/ACT/GRE/AP/IB or LSAT/MCAT score (and their international equivalents), ability to write a 5-paragraph essay, languages spoken (level of fluency), social class, employment history, 5-year plan, contractor/W2/part-time status (and their international equivalents), contribution to workplace metrics (net sales, quota attainment, growth rate, churn rate, lead response, ROMI, CPL, CAC, CLV, retention, traffic-to-lead, conversion rate, bounce rate, net income, net profit, gross profit, ratio, working capital, AR turnover, % accounts payable, MRR, new MRR, expansion MRR, churn MRR, ARPA, CES, NPS, employee turnover, eNPS, training spend, career path ratio, revenue vs. forecast, inventory turnover, scrap, ROA, RIT, CSAT), employee rank (ability to execute against KPIs, OKRs, sprint outcomes, etc.), email logins (professional and otherwise), communicational media accounts (WeChat, WhatsApp, Messenger, Signal), representational social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Weibo, Twitter, LinkedIn, Slack, GitHub, Pinterest), para-representational social media accounts (Finsta, Reddit, Discord, Telegram, 8Chan, Urbit), sexual social platform avatars (Tinder, Grindr, Hinge, Raya), political social media accounts (Parler, TruthSocial), workplace(s) personality(ies), personality profile (Myers-Briggs, Enneagram), astrological sign (sun, moon, rising), social associations (sports teams, clubs, organizations), hobbies, aesthetic preferences (movies, TV, music, fashion, art, books, etc.), parasocial encounters with the profusion and dilution of celebrity influencers, identity commodities (e.g., collections/collectibles, sloganwear bearing this or that solidarity acronym, this or that flag purchased through Amazon or Etsy accounts), entertainment sources (YouTube account, cable connection, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, HBOMax, Disney+, and their international equivalents), political information sources (BBC, InfoWars, Jacobin, Al Jazeera, Substack, NPR/PBS, NYT, NBC, WSJ, and their international equivalents), political district (city, state, nation), personal voting history (if voting is applicable), volunteering history, local voting stats (turnout history), donation volume, donor class, reflection in advertising activation and impressions (representation in web traffic, reach, active/unique user base, disposition in posted content, ROI), participation in social media political awareness campaigns, stated and unstated political affiliations, and macroeconomic preferences.”
— Marek Poliks, Roberto Alonso Trillo, 0-Degree Plane of Neuroelectronic Continuity: AI & Psychosocial Evaporation
Tagged: Go Identity, Identity Building , Systems of Control
“The postmodern subject is not a solid, a scalar, a singleton, or a dipole. Such fixities smack of premodern, religious fantasy.”
— Marek Poliks, Roberto Alonso Trillo, 0-Degree Plane of Neuroelectronic Continuity: AI & Psychosocial Evaporation
“A win doesn’t feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesn’t last as long as the bad. Not even close.”
— Andre Agassi, Open
Tagged: Life, Winning
“"I was really empty, knew nothing, and came from the back woods, relatively speaking, of Indiana and wasn’t terribly bright. But, there were wonderful people in the world who were very bright and knew a lot and I would go around sort of collecting them. These friends that I’ve collected are just amazing. And, they say they got something out of listening to me. It never seemed that way to me. I thought they knew how to do it and I wanted to listen to them. So, there must be a 3rd kind of person who thinks they’re insignificant and are neither willing to stay that way nor think that they could prove otherwise, but are very open to what other people have to offer. That’s how it was with me.”
— Hubert Dreyfus, A person who thinks they’re insignificant...
“I try to not give them any content they can copy or imitate. They can imitate the openness if they can do it, but nothing else. What other risks are there?”
— Hubert Dreyfus, Thursday, October 20, 2005 Hubert Dreyfus Interview
“Heidegger lies notoriously always and everywhere, and whenever he can.”
— Hannah Arendt, No More Heidegger
“Slowing down and merely being with yourself is part of the process of becoming whole again, as it allows you to reflect, realign, and rebirth. You must shamelessly give yourself space for it.”
— Karin Hadadan, Beauty in the Stillness
Tagged: Shop Catalog
“Find out before you flip out.””
— Leslie Higgins, Ted Lasso, Season 3: We'll Never Have Paris
Tagged: Keep Calm
“I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t eat sugar. Only heard about ’em. And they all live in this Godless place called Santa Monica.”
— Ted Lasso, Ted Lasso, Season 2: Lavender
Tagged: Healthy Diets, Sugar