Ryan Bertrand

trends at the intersection of humans, art, and tech

[Poetry Foundation @PoetryFound]

New year, new look! @poetrymagazine has a fresh interior design, starting with the January 2019 issue. Get a peek at what we have to look forward to with a piece by Art Director, @FredSasaki. https://t.co/FJamPGocAl

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

I don't think "an informational prosthesis that is post-human" can be built from the human construct of language. But can we can see farther into ourselves by breaking through that construct?
https://t.co/xU6cR3WYwC
pic Jamison Riley, Unsplash

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

Reviving hopes for a universal language—based on music, aided by technology
https://t.co/kRu5vM5f9c

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

A piece about making language fail, and what's on the other side.
“So leastward on. So long as dim still. Dim undimmed. Or dimmed to dimmer still.”
Samuel Beckett: Connoisseur of Artistic Failure @lithub
https://t.co/xU6cR3WYwC
pic Linus Sandvide, Unsplash

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

"The 27-year-old painter has a form of synesthesia, a cross-wiring of the brain where a stimulus in one sense provokes a response in http://another. In her case, when she hears sounds, she says she sees colors."
https://t.co/tKET8A5hH9

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

"It’s just beautiful how they weren’t separating living [from] nature. Over the years I have developed that thought and honed the notion that language comes from nature."
https://t.co/BCpM5rMDlg

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

The psychology of appreciation... “We found that people who tended towards neuroticism paid more attention to the left side of a picture, and those with traits related to schizophrenia looked less often at the top of a picture"...
https://t.co/j9lFBDrTph

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

Google just announced 2 AI experiments where word vectors map “semantically similar phrases to nearby points based on equivalence, similarity or relatedness of ideas and language.”
https://t.co/suN6xF4QbO

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

It's surreal to see the death we embrace
when we're just trying to live
https://t.co/7aElpBGvvS

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

https://t.co/nfQ6MIJ6Jh

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

When irony isn't
https://t.co/5OjVZZmKTl

[Campaign @Campaignmag]

How BrewDog's 'Beer for girls' got it wrong #IWD2018 https://t.co/enzCUOpK9L by @18feetandrising creative chief Anna Carpen

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

Algorithmic wilderness:
"... ‘humans are grown so powerful that they have become a force of nature—and forces of nature are those things which, by definition, are beyond the power of humans to control.’" #tech #climatechange
https://t.co/0TtKu1SdIF
photo Arran Smith, Unsplash

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

What happens when marketing gets mad?
"We believe that some brands can make a difference like never before, far faster than politics, more impactful."
... also, there's Slayer ...
https://t.co/lfxsVezrzj
#environment @Campaignmag @uncommon_LDN

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

Algorithmic wilderness:
Asking if we can mend the natural world with the unnatural #tech #climatechange
https://t.co/0TtKu1SdIF
photo Dominik Scythe, Unsplash

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

#FridayFunny from
https://t.co/0IR2UCwkiH #socialmedia #hashtags

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

The fading future of the Amazon: "As the satellites pass over the forest, they record its disappearance in real time." #tech #climatechange
https://t.co/2W17HUfF1e

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

a little newretro street art from @EspaiMGR https://t.co/UEW435VC4x #tech #art
and a soundtrack https://t.co/F5rubDlXXD #music

[Global Street Art @globalstreetart]

Cool piece by @EspaiMGR (https://t.co/gcxKl6Hjyb) painted in #Spain. Who remembers cassette tapes?
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#globalstreetart #streetart #art

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

Excellent reporting, photography, and tech to share the fading future of the Amazon #tech #climatechange
https://t.co/2W17HUfF1e

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

Connected Spaces and the Future
R/GA Ventures "has gone from creating traditional campaigns to connected environments that use data to shape real-life experiences and physical spaces."
https://t.co/NG3uAjSzhV

[Ryan Bertrand @InARedPen]

Neuroscientist Uses Art to Fight Hate
"Giving someone control of an avatar that is a different race, she explained to me, can help decrease prejudice."
https://t.co/5Hl7FPdm46