why i always dislike introductions
- apply labels to things too early
- people have expectations (oh so you’re an artist? show me your work)
- self-imposed as well
- a bad amount of idolization
- as a side note, same reason why calling yourself a writer vs someone who writes are two very different vibes (i dabble)
- first of many experiences → why do we feel the need to get it right at the start?
# Intersectional Identities
“A man may be regarded as the point of intersection of an indefinite number of circles representing social groups” – - Cooley, Human Nature and the Social Order (1922)
Cooley imagined affiliations and interests as a system of coordinates, with each additional group determining one’s individuality and identity more accurately.
“These ‘reciprocally constructing phenomena’ that may empower one person with increasing self-actualization, burden others with exponentially debilitating oppression.” Related: the matrix of domination and intersectional theory in Design Justice
# About Page
Source: About Andrew Kortina, Wide-Eyed
“It strikes me that these labels are more often conversation enders than conversation starters, attempts to reduce a vast complexity into a neat, little word, with the lossiest of compression algorithms.”
We cheer for the clothes, not the people. As Feynman said, “honors is epaulets, honors is uniforms”
# Communication
bandwidth of communication mediums
- 6 word story → baby shoes for sale, never worn
- creativity in interpretation
- low bandwidth mediums require interpretation
- requires human interpretation
- if its good, we refer to it as creativity
- if its bad, we just call it heuristics
- requires human interpretation
- will we ever get to a point where introductions become useless because we already know everything about each other?
- what about pre-stalking people on social media before meeting them? is this just people projecting their identities?