Bradley Wargo
@bradleywargo
Catholic seeking to share and understand
Bradley Wargo
bradleywargo.com
I have found that writing on a computer fragments my thinking. When I write by hand or by typewriter, I have to plan out the whole sentence or paragraph before I start writing it, because if I write myself into a corner I cannot so easily erase, modify, or cut and paste.
Charles Eisenstein • Machines Will Not Replace Us
AI am what AI am
Sari Azout • The End of Productivity
This piece really opened my eyes to the need to evaluate technology in today’s workflow through a lens of helping humans consistently evolve. As we move from being able to automate and make the repetition easier (like we did with machines), we can now make the technology more creative inducing as we swing back to creative thoughts and time away from process optimization
a book of essays about notes ? — but in execution it was wonderful. What it teaches you, over and over again, is that the difference between you and a zoologist or you and a botanist is that the botanist, when she looks at a flower, has a question in mind. She’s trying to generate questions.
James Somers • More People Should Write
the currently endorsed productivist approaches leave no space for disturbances and the possibility for us to react and adapt. Nor do they allow mutations and collaborations between living communities to take place.
d-o-t-s • Against Soil-Less Life - Wonderground
This mimics our digital approach to siloed tools and their efficiency at the expense of crozz breeding and natural developments.
industrial greenhouses are increasingly participating in the definition of futures in which we, humans, are completely cut off from the rhythms and the elements of so-called Nature.
d-o-t-s • Against Soil-Less Life - Wonderground
Defying natural law has consequences, even if we are able to do so.
Don’t get me wrong. America has a lot else going for it, including being protected by two massive oceans on its coasts and two friendly nations to its north and south, vast resources (energy, farmland, and navigable waterways), a diverse population, an educated workforce and entrepreneurial ethos, and the world’s strongest military, economy, and fi... See more
Ted Lamade • America’s Superpower
How to Look at and Understand Great Art
Signed by Michelangelo to prevent rumors of another artist having done the work.
But I also think that something more profound is happening here. Instead of being a passive consumer of the web, I begin to feel as though the internet is molding itself around my intentions, transforming from a distraction machine into a precision instrument for creativity.
Sari Azout • The End of Productivity
This re-enables us to be active consumers searching for answers while letting tools facilitate us going further and wider.