alex
@alexwastaken
curious librarian
alex
Babies are easy because when they are upset it is one of three easily verifiable things (hungry/tired/poopy).
Toddlers are hard because when they are upset it is because you disrupted some perceived esoteric order to the cosmos that is nearly inscrutable. Like “you can’t put the green crayon next to the purple crayon... See more
rachael 💫x.comFrank Chimero with the essay version of a talk he gave at Kinference.
I’m trying to figure out how to use generative AI as a designer without feeling like shit. I am fascinated with what it can do, impressed and repulsed by what it makes, and distrustful of its owners. I am deeply ambivalent about it all. The believers demand devotion, the critics... See more
I’m trying to figure out how to use generative AI as a designer without feeling like shit. I am fascinated with what it can do, impressed and repulsed by what it makes, and distrustful of its owners. I am deeply ambivalent about it all. The believers demand devotion, the critics... See more
One thing mainstream media outlets misunderstand: Substack is not one platform, it is thousands of platforms, and you get to pick which ones to be part of. And Substack has come up with a powerful way to moderate those platforms: Rather than rely on the company to hire a team of moderators, Substack democratized the process, giving full moderation... See more
Elle Griffin • Substack Shouldn’t Decide What We Read
Something I've found to be unintuitive but true:
sometimes small fixes and enhancements can lead to a bigger impact than huge bets, especially if they are associated with highly frequented user paths. There are many other factors involved for a feature to be deemed successful than it's footprint size e.g.... See more
via Gurwinder:
Conservatives show more empathy for liberals than vice-versa, study finds. My theory: since people tend to move rightward as they age, many rightists, having once been leftist, view leftists as naïve, but most leftists, having never been rightist, view rightists as simply evil.