Re-Sourcing the Mind
@TheStalwart definitely think Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death is an essential addition to this canon. i think you'll find some useful ideas there that this post-literacy is encouraged by the form of the television medium and how this leads to the agonism and lack of memory you're noting https://t.co/Y41dtMIV3j
I have a theory which is that — if you enter with the goal of “reinvent computing” you will inevitably end up doing a conversational journaling emotional support thing
The pre LLM equivalent would be a “tools for thought” networked note taking product
Jason “Mars” Yuanx.comAI has blown this world open. Almost all pressure to write has dissipated. You can have AI do it for you, both in school and at work.
The result will be a world divided into writes and write-nots. There will still be some people who can write. Some of us like it. But the middle ground between those who are good at writing and those who can't write... See more
The result will be a world divided into writes and write-nots. There will still be some people who can write. Some of us like it. But the middle ground between those who are good at writing and those who can't write... See more
Paul Graham • Writes and Write-Nots
A Big List of Writing Advice
From the How I Write podcast:
1. Start with one brave sentence and see where it goes. (Morgan Housel | @morganhousel)
2. Discipline beats talent when talent isn’t disciplined. (Steven Pressfield |... See more