Matte Lim is a designer, technologist and artist. He explores the interaction between psychology, technology and systems across multiple disciplines. He also ponders on the nuances of being human today through writing.
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Are you free?
“Are you free?” If someone were to ask you this question, how would you respond? Of course, how one might answer this question depends very much on its context. However, let’s stay within this indeterminate space and consider the various approaches to answering this question. In common use, the question assumes that the asker is…
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Essay
This is the 12th essay in my 30-30 series. Clearly, I have not completed 30 essays within the year that I turned 30. Today, I’m 31 and about 2 months. Not that I’m justifying why I did not manage to achieve that goal – quite a few things happened in 2020. Chief of which is that…
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Limitations to understanding (pt. 3): Culture
Writer’s note: this is part three of a three-part essay. Click here for part two. In the previous two parts of the essay, I’ve discussed how our senses and mind could limit our ability to understand the world. I will be concluding this three-part essay by turning my focus to culture. First, a working definition of…