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fromItsnicethat
5 days ago

Aldon Chen's exploded infographics challenge our "assumptions of sight"

In his graphic design work, Aldon transforms periodic tables and dense masses of information into maximalist pieces of design, expressing information whilst also challenging the impossibility of taking it all in. Data sprawls across screens and pages, overlapping in overloads and feedback loops, communicating more the aesthetic of information rather than its substance, playing with images we have all seen in science classes or colour palettes. These are exploded infographics.
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fromThe Nation
4 months ago

The Ghosts of Ingeborg Bachmann

Ingeborg Bachmann's early novella anticipates lifelong themes—language's limits, sexual violence, and a shift from realist clarity toward later oneiric, mystical concerns.
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fromThe Atlantic
7 months ago
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How Wittgenstein Can Make You Happier

Language limits our understanding of life, and profound concepts like love and meaning often elude precise expression.
fromApaonline
9 months ago
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Wittgenstein and the Paradoxes at the Limits of Language

Self-referential contradictions highlight the limits of language in philosophy, as illustrated by thinkers like Wittgenstein and Kant.
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