»Tot comença al centre« — everything starts at the center. these are posters for Barcelona's Centres Cívics spring enrollment. each poster shows a head with the face filled with fractal-like patterns. there are 52 such civic centers spread across the city, offering various kinds of courses. publicly funded, decentralized cultural infrastructure. i can't tell how well the offerings are, but the posters sure look great!
#Barcelona #CentresCívics #CivicDesign #Illustration #CulturalInfrastructure
Early data from a new Antarctic ice core sample taken by scientists indicates that the West Antarctic ice sheet partially or completely broke into the ocean during a prior era of warming.
The same event is predicted before or by 2100, within the lifetimes of many children today, and is expected to raise sea levels 4-5 meters. The new data however will provide more precision as to when this event would occur.
A good read on what 'AI' is doing to critical thinking, with a focus on how it is impacting the classrooms of higher education.
"Michael Clune, a literature professor and novelist, said that already, many students have been left “incapable of reading and analyzing, synthesizing data, all kinds of skills”. In a recent essay, he warned that colleges and universities rushing to embrace the technology were preparing to “self-lobotomize”."
Internet before: “Never share your personal information online.”
Internet now: “We require that you fully dox yourself on every single website you visit and service you use so we and our 1729 tracking companies can stalk and build a profile on you across the web. Oh, and by the way, your personal info on something you used once two years ago just got breached and is for sale on dark web forums.”
One of my most influential reads <3
https://monoskop.org/images/6/6a/Mansoux_Aymeric_et_al_2023_Permacomputing_Aesthetics.pdf
Marian Dörk
Collapsible Julian
Julian Oliver
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MOULE 
Tim Rodenbröker
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Eric A. Meyer