Amie Pollack

and because the algorithm was constantly changing, I had to change with it. I was constantly adapting my visual and verbal style to keep up with trends

In other words, if AI replaces all our jobs, it might not because because what we do is easy, or because AI is so good that it can do as well as we do. It may be because it never mattered if we were particularly good at it in the first place.

1) It must be exhausting to read things in order to get mad at them. 2) The social-media internet was built around finding things to get mad at. 3) That motivation ultimately made everything bad. 4) I don’t want to do that; I want people to read newsletters (or articles) because they want to be surprised and delighted by them, because we’re on... See more

Speaking of past OTs, a number of you have inquired about “the archive” or “reading past issues” and I am here to deliver the news that the inbox is your archive and there is no way to read past issues except to reply to this email and request a past issue. There are too many of you (and too many issues) for me to forward multiple issues or every... See more

Most people fall short of the creative ideal. They are satisficers rather than searchers for the optimal or desired solution... and unless they are held accountable for their decision-making strategies, they tend to find the easy way out—either by not engaging in very careful thinking or by modeling the choices on the preferences of those who will... See more