The World Motivation
Technology is the means by which we have decommissioned natural selection and are seizing control. We are no longer to be victims of some blind evolutionary process where sentient beings are massacred by entropy.
“Technology is the means by which we have decommissioned natural selection and are seizing control. We are no longer to be victims of some blind evolutionary process where sentient beings are massacred by entropy.”
— Jason Silva · Blind
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“Technology is the means by which we have decommissioned natural selection and are seizing control. We are no longer to be victims of some blind evolutionary process where sentient beings are massacred by entropy.”
“There has always been this narrator in me - I loved ideas, and part of the great love affair I would have with ideas consisted of talking about them.”
“As a media artist and filmmaker, I'm constantly considering the role of situational context when creating my work.”
“Creativity and insight almost always involve an experience of acute pattern recognition: the eureka moment in which we perceive the interconnection between disparate concepts or ideas to reveal something new.”
“Consciousness, when it's unburdened by the body, is something that's ecstatic; we use the mind to watch the mind, and that's the meta-nature of our consciousness; we know that we know that we know, and that's such a delicious feeling, but when it's unburdened by biology and entropy, it becomes more than delicious: it becomes magical.”
“I'm increasingly conscious of the fact that, even when we know a lot, there's an element of blind faith. For things to work well, you have to surrender to the moment. This is especially true of writing, producing and truly giving it all in a performance.”
“I've worked with great guys, progressive guys, guys who've championed me. But even they have blind spots, because they've grown up with the male gaze, too.”
“The Couple's Choice is an opportunity to do something that reflects you on a personal level, and, as the first blind contestant on 'Strictly,' it made sense that I should reflect on my sight loss and try to open people's eyes a little to just what can be possible in the darkness.”
“Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.”
“Why do we use flash at all? Because photography is not the same as eyesight. We can see in low-light situations where cameras, dependent upon a physical process to record visual information, are half blind.”
“Blind Willie Johnson is a pretty big vocal influence. He can be very harsh, like gargly, gruff vocals, but also just slip into some very delicate, vulnerable soft stuff. I like that combination.”