Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
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Brad Barrish
bradbarrish.com
The irony is that I now know more than I ever would have before AI. But I feel slightly dumber. A bit more dull.
Dustin Curtis on Svbtle • Thoughts on Thinking
AI AI Captain and AI
This whole post is very good. I don’t know whether Dustin is a canary or not, but he’s poking at some things I’ve been feeling to some degree.
In 1964, X-Men introduced Cerebro, a supercomputer that connects the mind of the user to every single mutant on Earth all at once. But this is lethal to the untrained mind. It instantly invites infinite noise directly into the user’s brain, causing extreme psychic overload, even coma or death.
The Art of (Attention) War
When my therapist said “what you’re feeling is appropriate for the developmental stage you’re in right now”, it hit me right between the eyes and I knew exactly what she was trying to say. Our growth never ends. We never stop going through developmental stages — we just call them things like “becoming a parent”, “mid-life crisis”, or... See more
Jason Kottke • We Never Stop Growing
Maggie articulates what I believe is the future of the web, or at least a component of what it will be.
Klicky klacky and
What is the equivalent semantic niche for a “message in a bottle” today? Where can you leave a message, and a stranger one beach down can find it tomorrow, or TEN YEARS LATER a shoreline on other side of the planet, you have no idea which, if anything? And they’ll get back to you? That combination of anonymity and connection and distance?
When was peak message in a bottle?
I love/hate the idea of our environment making up for our lack of self-control.