Memory

History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation. –The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes Someone once said: “History is actually a higher-dimensional entity. What we see as history is merely a low-dimensional image projected by ordinary people from their own standpoints and angles. The more people study it, the closer that image gets to its higher-dimensional essence.” Although a projection is imperfect, the more projections we have, the closer we get to the truth....

June 7, 2024 · 2 min

Oscar

“Political correctness” was quietly discussed at the time of the victory of “Everything Everywhere All at Once”. This view arose early when Moonlight Boy won the award that year; after all, it was another hard look at the rise of minorities. Some people say that “political correctness” is the biggest source of antipathy for hypocrisy - a polite and friendly way to give way to smiling may follow the social identity of “good citizens,” as to the extent to which this act of kindness is due to “you” is hard to know....

March 15, 2023 · 1 min