We live today not in the digital, not in the physical, but in the kind of minestrone that our mind makes of the two.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that our current reality is a blend of digital and physical experiences, shaped by our perceptions.
Paola Antonelli emphasizes the complex interplay between our physical realities and digital existence, suggesting that our understanding and experience of the world today is a 'minestrone'βa mix of various elements that our minds combine. This idea reflects the shifting nature of reality in an age where both digital and physical components influence our daily lives, emphasizing the unique perception each individual has based on their experiences and interactions.
In practice
In a discussion about the impact of technology on human interaction, I quoted Paola Antonelli to illustrate our complex modern reality.
People think that design is styling. Design is not style. It's not about giving shape to the shell and not giving a damn about the guts. Good design is a renaissance attitude that combines technology, cognitive science, human need and beauty to produce something that the world didn't know it was missing.
Designers may be the true intellectuals of the future.
While an artist can choose whether or not to be responsive and responsible towards other human beings, by definition a designer must be.
Designers stand between revolutions and everyday life. Theyβre able to grasp momentous changes in technology, science, and society and convert those changes into objects and ideas that people can understand.
One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret - how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me.
All that makes existence valuable to any one depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people.
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
And so you're afraid of the emptiness of your friend's life. But there's no emptiness in the life of a man of knowledge, I tell you. Everything is filled to the brim and everything is equal.
I think 'The Act of Killing' forced people to look at the problem, but the problem is actually a state run by thugs, or a shadow state, a part of the state that's run by thugs, and a military that enjoys complete legal - not just impunity, but immunity.
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