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A Real-Time Social System.
That is, in-part, the title of an artwork created by Hans Haacke. Utilising maps, photographs of buildings, documentation both of the properties and myriad intermediary shell corporations that owned them. It documents the reach of the real estate partnership of Sol Goldman and Alex DiLorenzo, as of 1971. This reach covered everything from the highest to the lowest end property, it was so extensive as to be the largest non-institutional real estate portfolio in Manhattan. Thei
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They don’t want you to see it.
It’s no longer profitable to put forth nuance, when outrage drives more fervent engagement. Why would they elevate content which requires time to process, when pausing to take that time risks breaking the rapid rhythm of consumption which drives the addictive attention they rely on. They don’t want you uploading in 4K because the added server costs affect their bottom line based bonuses. You’re forced to crop and adjust composition just to keep up with the shape of the feed,
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AI slop has become the visual language of neo fascism.
Which honestly makes a great deal of sense if you consider graphic design and visual choices in general, as expressions of ones underlying core values. AI generated imageries tendency to appear far grander and deeper at a glance than it is on close inspection, is an apt metaphor for the way fascist governments and groups present and conduct themselves. The choice of a medium with an outsized demand on resources compared with its end result, and an end result which is a facsim
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