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THE UGLY CITY. “Today, the Twitter fuel of instantaneity destroys the relative privacy of intimate sociality that once enabled the opportunity for second thoughts. Adam Gopnik, for example, argues this is not “newly unleashed anger but what we all think in the first order, and have always in the past socially restrained if only thanks to the look on the listener’s face -- the monstrous music that runs through our minds is now played out loud.” https://lnkd.in/dWiV2eZ View in LinkedIn

THE AUTHENTIC VILLAGE. “The modern self has been traditionally protected by the calming absorption of a trusted and intimate collective --importantly small in number -- and by the emotional dissipation of chronological time.” https://lnkd.in/dWiV2eZ View in LinkedIn

LOSS OF MIDDLE GROUND. “Rather, since around 2005, the multitude has vacated the centre ground, with all the most ugly and irrational in human thought aroused through rage and dismay thriving in the polarizing virality of social networking.” https://lnkd.in/dWiV2eZ View in LinkedIn

MYTH OF EQUALITY. “Thus, the new social that is made by the multitude also entraps it; the real challenge here is to see beyond the myth of digital media democratization. The digitally fostered values of openness have driven a culture of unbridled commentary that reveals that there is no ‘mainstream’, despite the veneer of the promotion of the egalitarian Web: “join the conversation” invites Twitter, “Comment is free” declares The Guardian.” https://lnkd.in/dWiV2eZ View in LinkedIn

ARCHIVES RUN RIOT. “However, as the archive has broken free of its bonds of space, institution and regimented classification, it has run riot, consuming almost everything in its path. Thus, as Kroker puts it: “the content of the archive has suddenly and risibly expanded to encompass the totality of life itself.” https://lnkd.in/dWiV2eZ View in LinkedIn

EXTREME DENSITIES. “Normal planets have densities that are no more than 1,870 lbs. per cubic foot (30 grams per cubic centimeter). In contrast, strange planets would typically have densities of nearly 25 million billion lbs. per cubic foot (400 trillion grams per cubic centimeter). (For comparison, gold has a density of about 1,200 lbs. per cubic foot, or nearly 19.3 grams per cubic centimeter.).” https://lnkd.in/dhCeUnA View in LinkedIn

NEW PHYSICS. “Until the 20th century, physics only dealt with matter and its interactions with energy and the universe. However, in recent decades, physicists have had to redefine the concept of matter, and limit it to ordinary matter, because new types have been appearing that need their own names. Dark matter, antimatter or exotic matter are some examples… and, without a doubt, among all the new theoretical types of matter, the least known and most radically different would be strange matter, as it would literally break our laws of physics.” https://lnkd.in/dJQmuRd View in LinkedIn

APPLICATIONS. “Strange Matter May One Day Fuel Reactors.”(1989). https://lnkd.in/d2BjwRQ View in LinkedIn

Alively exampke of spectacularly vivid Rosa Gerona limestone in a local wall. View in LinkedIn