2025 Tech Resolutions with Patrick from Hard Refresh
Escaping the Attention Economy - Last Week I Learned
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One where the arrogant, dictatorial algorithms that fill many of these pages are a thing of the past. One where we stop seeing machines as objective masters and start treating them as we would any other source of power. By questioning their decisions; scrutinizing their motives; acknowledging our emotions; demanding to know who stands to benefit; h
... See moreHannah Fry • Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
As authority shifts from humans to algorithms, we may no longer view the world as the playground of autonomous individuals struggling to make the right choices. Instead, we might perceive the entire universe as a flow of data, see organisms as little more than biochemical algorithms, and believe that humanity’s cosmic vocation is to create an all-e
... See moreYuval Noah Harari • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
We must instead take steps to extract the good from these technologies while sidestepping what’s bad. We require a philosophy that puts our aspirations and values once again in charge of our daily experience, all the while dethroning primal whims and the business models of Silicon Valley from their current dominance of this role; a philosophy that
... See moreCal Newport • Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
