SWANHORNS

Futurist. Lover of aliveness & insight. Oldest grandkid of CMOS and a Lightning strike. Human Factors + UX + Industrial Design + Art theory = User theory.

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

Bathing suit, 1900. France. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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Vivaldi while cake decorating
= Flow state of the highest order.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why are they called 'eggplants'?

Because they used to look like this.

We hope this doesn't throw off your emoji game.

[Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov]

Imagine if people in the Middle Ages saw this

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

Cursive alphabet…

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A blade forged well carries the memory of every fire it survived.

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The Meaning Of: Snow White | EP 558 https://t.co/XvX4ED5VuF via @YouTube

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

When coaches prove why they are coaches.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

The time it would take for a commercial plane to reach each planet

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Keep going ‼️

[Essayful @CathedralsEvery]

Nietzsche, go for a walk

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@dvorahfr @elonmusk HOW DO WE TEACH GROK VIRTUES? Is there a hierarchical system?
⚡️👍⚡️

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@elonmusk I would love to work w/ xAI.

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There is no “how” to being an anomaly.
Only pattern interruption.
Only glitch.
Only God.

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What did the press actually do?
•Unleashed information asymmetry collapse.
•Helped spark the Reformation, the Enlightenment, the Scientific Revolution.
•Disrupted religious monopolies, monarchic control, and centuries of narrative gatekeeping.

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To them, replicating a book was as sacred as sculpting a cathedral. The idea of “mass production” was practically heretical.

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Books were handmade by scribes - slow, sacred, elite.
Literacy was power. Keeping it exclusive ensured religious and political control.
“Mass communication” wasn’t even an imaginable category.

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Gutenberg himself wasn’t hailed as a visionary. He died broke, sued, and mostly uncelebrated.