Sophists – From Ancient Greece to the current #mainstreaming

“Being in #Oxford today, I popped into the #OxfordUnion to use a room. Glancing through the term card, it’s absolutely vile - and has been consistently so for the two years I’ve been back in the city. It’s a useful, if deeply dispiriting, exercise in reading the people and place. This is where parts of the next ruling class form their opinions and sharpen their instincts. Judging by what they’re platforming, we are not heading for a good time...” One useful term about this mess […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/sophists-from-ancient-greece-to-neoliberal-mainstreaming/

#Postmodern Building Details in #Freiburg
The residential complex Arènes de Picasso is located in the Pavé-Neuf district of the Parisian suburb of Noisy-le-Grand. It was built between 1977 and 1985. The complex was designed by the Samarkand born Spanish architect Manuel Núñez Yanowsky. The most prominent features of the complex are the two high-rise disks. As a prominent example of #postmodern #architecture it is part of UNESCO world heritage. Arènes de Picasso was one of the first major projects in #France to be constructed entirely from precast concrete elements, thereby demonstrating the feasibility of complex architectural forms through prefabrication. #Paris #bw #monochrome #architekturfotografie #architecturephotography

Morning walk pics. Viger square is probably my favourite public square in Montreal (besides place des nations oc) but for sculptures like Force, and Agora, by Charles Daudelin without any sort of interpretation they lose their meaning and just look like excess.

#postmodern #landback #publicart

Cyberpunk: Shattered Reflections of a Post-Modern Future
INTRODUCTION: Once upon a time when we were modern…...

Once upon a time there was a society that did not know itself.
It had known itself once.
When it had been modern.
When everything had fit.
When everybody agreed on everything.
All was in harmony.
The Future was assured.
(or so it had seemed)
Read the rest → https://lnkd.in/e6iKqPy7

#Cyberpunk #FutureTrends #DystopianLiterature #DigitalCulture #PostModern

#Masto

#CranfordTeague

Cyberpunk: Shattered Reflections of a Post-Modern Future
INTRODUCTION: Once upon a time when we were modern…...

Once upon a time there was a society that did not know itself.
It had known itself once.
When it had been modern.
When everything had fit.
When everybody agreed on everything.
All was in harmony.
The Future was assured.
(or so it had seemed)
Read the rest → https://lnkd.in/e6iKqPy7

#Cyberpunk #FutureTrends #DystopianLiterature #DigitalCulture #PostModern

#Masto

#FickleFutures

Cyberpunk: Shattered Reflections of a Post-Modern Future
INTRODUCTION: Once upon a time when we were modern…...

Once upon a time there was a society that did not know itself.
It had known itself once.
When it had been modern.
When everything had fit.
When everybody agreed on everything.
All was in harmony.
The Future was assured.
(or so it had seemed)
Read the rest → https://lnkd.in/e6iKqPy7

#Cyberpunk #FutureTrends #DystopianLiterature #DigitalCulture #PostModern

#Masto

#JasonSpeaks

Cyberpunk: Shattered Reflections of a Post-Modern Future
INTRODUCTION: Once upon a time when we were modern…...

Once upon a time there was a society that did not know itself.
It had known itself once.
When it had been modern.
When everything had fit.
When everybody agreed on everything.
All was in harmony.
The Future was assured.
(or so it had seemed)
Read the rest → https://lnkd.in/e6iKqPy7

#Cyberpunk #FutureTrends #DystopianLiterature #DigitalCulture #PostModern

#Masto

#CranfordTeague

Cyberpunk: Shattered Reflections of a Post-Modern Future
INTRODUCTION: Once upon a time when we were modern…...

Once upon a time there was a society that did not know itself.
It had known itself once.
When it had been modern.
When everything had fit.
When everybody agreed on everything.
All was in harmony.
The Future was assured.
(or so it had seemed)
Read the rest → https://lnkd.in/e6iKqPy7

#Cyberpunk #FutureTrends #DystopianLiterature #DigitalCulture #PostModern

#Masto

#FickleFutures

Cyberpunk: Shattered Reflections of a Post-Modern Future
INTRODUCTION: Once upon a time when we were modern…...

Once upon a time there was a society that did not know itself.
It had known itself once.
When it had been modern.
When everything had fit.
When everybody agreed on everything.
All was in harmony.
The Future was assured.
(or so it had seemed)
Read the rest → https://lnkd.in/e6iKqPy7

#Cyberpunk #FutureTrends #DystopianLiterature #DigitalCulture #PostModern

#Masto

#JasonSpeaks