The Four Layers of Fashion
"In some areas of life, your reputation is defined by your wins… Creative pursuits. One bestseller or hit song can erase the memory of the ones that didn't work.
Entrepreneurship. People rarely remember your failed business ideas, only your winning ones.
In areas like these, your mistakes fade away and the breakthroughs last.
But in other areas of life, your reputation is defined by your losses.
Crime. You can drive safely 364 days a year, but one DUI changes everything.
Ethics and morals. One unethical decision can ruin a reputation and destroy trust.
In areas like these, your mistakes linger and consistency is rewarded.
Some areas of life reward your best day. Others punish your worst day. Know which situation you're in, and you can better decide when to be risky and when to play it safe." - James Clear
Fly a Rhino Upside Down: In the skies above South Africa, a surreal scene unfoldsed: a 1,300-kilogram black rhinoceros swings gently upside down from a helicopter. Legs bound to soft straps, horn pointed downward, it looks like something out of a Salvador Dalí dream. But this isn’t surreal, and it isn’t Photoshop. This is conservation... For the critically endangered black rhinoceros, being lifted by its feet is sometimes the only ticket to survival. What seems absurd at first glance is, in fact, the safest, fastest, and most effective way to relocate these creatures to new habitats.
https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/why-the-right-way-to-fly-a-rhino-is-upside-down/
The Four Layers of Fashion: There are four forces that drive fashion: Function, Aesthetics, Signaling, Path dependency. I think they can explain virtually everything people have ever worn. Here they are, in detail... Aren’t white socks a fashion faux pas? Then why did Michael Jackson wear them? Because Michael Jackson wants us to pay attention to his feet! He contrasts the black of his pants and shoes and stage with the white of the socks so we really really see his legs when he is doing the moonwalk. Of course, that’s also why at some point he added a vertical line to his trousers—to highlight the movement of his legs. And why the rest remained black—to keep the contrast as high as possible. It was all intentional, but he could only break the rules because he knew the rules.
How the Cockroach Lost its Voice: One day Uncle Cockroach took his young nephew, Colin, on an expedition to the top of the freezer door. It was the highest and most distant area of the refrigerator. Few cockroaches had ever been there... The first part of the journey, up the back of the refrigerator, was the most difficult. With Uncle Cockroach in the lead, they scrambled over coiled wires strung across their path and carefully picked their way through a maze of dangerous holes and slots. No cockroach who had fallen into one of these was ever seen again... When, at last, they reached the top of the refrigerator, it was easy going. The surface was flat and covered with a comfortable layer of antique dust, found only on the tops of refrigerators, which made their walk across it quite pleasant.
Brilliant curation as usual! Love the spread everytime.