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  1. Sep 2020
    1. hardware environment integrating military, surveillance, and entertainment applications, produces new markets for hardware and software

      reminds me of an article about Drones that I've read in 3012. The article was about how drones came about from the military and is now used worldwide.

    2. Time and space are reimagined through quantum physics and the theory of relativity, while perception is reorganized by warfare, advertisement, and the conveyor belt.

      AGREE

    3. The observer is upset, displaced, beside himself at the sight of the slaves, who are not only sinking but have also had their bodies reduced to fragments—their limbs devoured by sharks, mere shapes below the water surface.

      This makes the artist to express ideas more freely from different perspectives.

    4. The horizon line was an extremely important element in navigation. It defined the limits of communication and understanding

      I agree that the concept of the horizon is important to different types of work like including aviation, navigation, and art. However,

    5. Falling is relational—if there is nothing to fall toward, you may not even be aware that you’re falling.

      a free falling object is falling under the sole influence of gravity. If there is no gravity that is pulling you down to fall, then falling is not even in your thoughts.

    1. The toaster serves as a symbol, my figurehead for the stuff that we use but is maybe unnecessary, but then again is quite nice to have, but we wouldn’t really miss, but is so relatively cheap and easy to get that we might as well have one and throw it away when it breaks or gets dirty or looks old.

      Items are more than what they are worth. There's symbolic meaning to it. A watch would be a good example. Watches can serve as a fashion statement and a symbol of wealth.

    2. Things get even more difficult when you start trying to divide the bits according to their material.

      Just like my item, a watch. It's made up of very complexed parts.