Quotes

      “In the gaze of the other, we see that we have lost the battle and have remained prisoners of our socially codified identity. Thus, we try to avoid the gaze of the other for a while, in order to be able to reveal our ‘true self’ after a certain period of seclusion – to reappear in the public in a new shape, in a new form. This state of temporary absence helps us to carry what we call the creative process – in fact, it is itself what we call the creative process.” Boris Groys, ‘In The Flow’ pg. 181/182

     “Okay, every 20 minutes you’re disrupting your flow to see what’s happening on your device. Well, the research will also tell you that it takes about 15 – 20 minutes from the point of distraction to get back into your flow to be able to do your deep work and actually cultivate some creativity. So, if that’s true every 15 – 20 minutes we’re looking at our devices and it takes about that long to get back into creative flow that means we’re all living in a perpetual state of distraction.” Giancarlo Pitocco, Podcast

     “On the editorial side, technology platforms can influence – intentionally or not – the types of content that flourish. Companies provide incentives, including money and advice, which sway publishers towards creating content that works well on their platforms. This is not always content with high artistic or civic values, but rather content that is likely to spread quickly online.” Creative Disruption: The impact of emerging technologies on the creative economy Pg. 7 – way creativity is being challenged by Attention Economy

     “If imagination can exist outside of our physical bodies and be consumed like any other commodity, will its relative value be diminished as it becomes more abundant? The average visitor to an eighteenth-century Salon would expect to spend an hour or more in front of a painting, discussing, unravelling meanings, linking narrative and symbolic strands arising through the contemplation required by religious or historical art. Is the same concentration and devotion shown to contemporary art-works? Do we now treat acts of imagination as we treat drinking water? Could it be that we are now, more than ever, storing our imaginative resources remotely so that they can be retrieved more conveniently – ‘on tap’?” The Post-Digital Membrane: Imagination, Technology and Desire (Book) pg.154

     “Almost anything and everything is now in front of the world’s gaze, sifted not by gatekeepers but by public taste. Indeed, this is the beating heart of most digital business models. Instead of first selecting and then publishing, you publish first and then respond to the world’s own selections – relentlessly maximizing those things that win an audience and wasting little effort on those that don’t.” How To Thrive in the Digital Age (Book), Tom Chatfield pg. 74-75

     “a 2013 study found that the average user checks their phone 150 times a day, which other research suggests includes 2,617 touches, taps or swipes. One recent survey even found that one in ten users has checked their phone during sex. But for Alter, as for most of us, the bait was so subtle and seductive that the catch didn’t even notice his mouth clamping around the hook.” The Twittering Machine (Book), Richard Seymour pg. 53 - Statistics