Emmanuel Quartey

Emmanuel ~~wants to be~~ is an architecture major, on the Educational Programming team at General Assembly, and a member of Yale Out of the Blue. That pretty much explains everything else. This is the place where he fantasizes about things like subways in inappropriate ways. Emmanuel is Ghanaian, and a long way from home. Nice to meet you. (@equartey, email, ask)

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Notes Zach Klein's Blog: Conspicuous Production

zachklein:

Yancey Strickler posted an item yesterday about the wane of conspicuous consumption among wealthy people in Silicon Valley. But, as it turns out, conspicuousness hasn’t vanished. The post suggests that the Startup is the new conspicuous. Look at What I’ve Done.

The first comment on that…

“Conspicuous Production” is such a great phrase. It puts a name to a pattern of behaviour that both inspires and troubles me. I believe that there is a net benefit to people competing on what they do, rather than on what they have. Imagine a world where everyone is striving to make/build/develop/ship something that makes all our lives better/easier/safer. That sounds pretty awesome.

But I also worry that conspicuous production incentivizes busy work. Look at my photo sharing app/social network for college students/NGO. It’s all too easy to say “YES!” to the dopamine hit of yet another low-hanging fruit project, while more difficult challenges go unresolved because they don’t allow us to say “I made a thing!” within a very rapid timeline.

#productivity #conspicuous consumption #conspicuous production #incentives #silicon valley
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deantrippe:

The Onion
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I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something.

So that’s my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before. Don’t freeze, don’t stop, don’t worry that it isn’t good enough, or it isn’t perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.

Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, Do it.

Make your mistakes, next year and forever.
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Neil Gaiman (via drinkyourjuice)
(Source: neil-gaiman, via drinkyourjuice)
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“But, by your own lengthy testimony, it is clear you have made yourself criminal on a genetic level. You are a weed in life’s garden. You will be pruned.”

But Christ, this writing is delicious.

Also, this blog is in very real danger of being turned over entirely to comics.
(Source: pikachuears)
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Facts:

1. Comics are awesome. I know so little about the medium, but what little I’ve experienced has left me hungry for more, be it Warren Ellis probing what it means to be superhuman, or Grant Morrison talking about how superheroes embody eternal human qualities. Most recently, I’m enjoying DC’s massive reboot - I only wish I could afford to spend more time looking into this very special form of storytelling.

2. Simone Bianchi is an incredible artist. Everything about this illustration of the Black Panther is downright yummy.

#simone bianchi #grant morrison #SUPERGOD #warren ellis #comics #DC #black panther