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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Aug 16
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    I need a life theme for the next year, something more background than goals or plans 🤔 Something the show is about. Neither “about nothing” like Seinfeld, nor a MacGuffin type of nothing.

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    • Chenoe Hart Nadia DerekPutlak Rahul Ramchandani Jeff Bushra Farooqui 🎄🌉 Steven Feit Ⓥ Tim Rooney purple prose and logic
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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Aug 16
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        Heh damsels in distress or dead spouses or kidnapped children are just human macguffins

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Aug 16
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        I think my theme might be Spinoza vs Leibniz. They’re like 2 little devils on my shoulders, whispering in my ears. Which devil should I listen to is the question. https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1295181078831874053?s=21 …https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1295181078831874053 …

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        Been reflecting on the fact that Spinoza was a working lens grinder while rebooting western philosophy on the side On other side, Leibniz was designing bridges and a computer while inventing calculus and resisting the reboot Both revealing activities. Instrumentation vs design
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      1. Misha Saul‏ @misha_saul Aug 16
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        Apocalypse

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      1. Bryce Weiner‏ @BryceWeiner Aug 16
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        Radicalized civil disobedience

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      2. Steven Feit Ⓥ‏ @FeitingWords Aug 16
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        If I’m picking up what you’re throwing down, how about materials? I went through a phase of being really *about* what stuff was made of, how it came to be in the designs and places it was, etc. Was a real cool time.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Aug 16
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        Yes you are. That’s a good theme suggestion 🤔

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      1. m_____g________n‏ @phantasmicool Aug 16
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        Procedural dramedy where each episode is a following through with some unique minutiae. Seinfeld but every episode is the parking garage

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        Here's my life theme for next year.pic.twitter.com/BYPoTfSqf8

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        Maybe something like "patterns"? Impulses? These are sortof "process" ideas, which is perhaps complimentary to materials. Other stuff that I like from the picture plane: Noise "Found art"/Collage Resolution (Pixels, pointillism, etc) Artifacts/distortion

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      1. Jeff‏ @jeffdeecee Aug 16
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        DIY

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