so you think a lot. but what do you DO?

The other day at work someone mentioned the idea. I’d never heard of it. Interesting. Trippy. Huh.

“Technological singularity refers to the hypothetical future emergence of greater-than-human intelligence through technological means.^[1] Since the capabilities of such intelligence would be difficult for an unaided human mind to comprehend, the occurrence of a technological singularity is seen as an intellectual event horizon, beyond which events cannot be predicted or understood. ”

via wikipedia 

nictate:

DRIVE (Winding Refn 11) [tentative 7] 

Just succulent. A total movie-movie, completely committed to surfaces and simulacra, but w/o the irony that typically hobbles such enterprises. Instead it locates the tough-as-nails romanticism in LA sheen, 80s synth and fonts, neo-hardboiled patter, & vacant glowering charisma. Also, it’s a pure, plastic exploration of spatial possibilities. Extra points for Kenneth Anger jacket.

—@msicism 

proof why INTUITION is so important

Editors can choose between emotional and storytelling aspects of any given film over continuity- something that is much more abstract and harder to judge. (Which is why films often take much longer to edit than to shoot.) Emotional continuity, and the clarity of storytelling, can take precedence over “technicalities”. In fact, very often something that is physically discontinuous will be completely unnoticeable if the emotional rhythm of the scene “feels” right. If you were to slow down scenes from many of your favorite movies, you could easily find many minuscule physical differences from one cut to the next, which are completely hidden by the course of the emotional events.

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A good example of a continuity error is in the film Braveheart with Mel Gibson. In one of the battle scenes you see William Wallace (Mel Gibson) and his army of Scottish rebels charging into battle with the English. At one moment, you see him with no weapon. Then you see him with his claymore in hand. Then again he has no weapon. Then a pick axe. And when he finally closes in on the enemy, you see him draw his claymore from his back. This often goes unnoticed by audiences and it does not cause any real problems. The whole idea of the scene is to show the rebels fiercely charging into battle, and these errors do not actually interfere with that.

from wikipedia on film editing

bearing, conduct, or speech indicative of self-respect orappreciation of the formality or gravity of an occasion or situation.

nobility or elevation of character; worthiness: dignity ofsentiments.

…a word i do not often use but which i like.