people building tech products so often miss the point
the point is to help people live a good life, not an efficient life
the point is resonance, not scale
the point is to deliver comfort, not just convenience
the goal is not technology - the goal is human flourishing
people building tech products so often miss the point the point is to help people live a good life, not an efficient life the point is resonance, not scale the point is to deliver comfort, not just convenience the goal is not technology - the goal is human flourishing
#82: Connecting dots, cultivating intention, and building a more human internet
Lauren Crichtonpassiton.substack.com
How to make users go ‘whoa’
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Not for making something fast but for making something wonderful. Not to automate your words but to alchemize your mind. And I've seen how these shifts in frame create ripple effects across every decision we make.
This isn’t just philosophical woo woo stuff—it’s practical. Because products are not neutral. They are opinions embedded in pixels – ever... See more
This isn’t just philosophical woo woo stuff—it’s practical. Because products are not neutral. They are opinions embedded in pixels – ever... See more
Sari Azout • Becoming unLLMable
I’m drawn to the idea of an art of living much more so than to the compulsive search for life hacks, regimens of self-improvement, or self-optimization schemes. These too often feel like a doubling down on the insistence that we can always do more if only we apply the right technique. They also suggest that the path to happiness involves the discov... See more
L. M. Sacasas • The Art of Living
The insincerity, the rampant performativity, the illusion of urgency, the obsession with constructing futures at the expense of the present – for better or worse, these are all things I associate with being a technologist. And when I speak to my technologist friends, most of them share the same inkling that something is amiss .
Far too many of us g... See more
Far too many of us g... See more
Rebecca • On being a technologist
So much genius and money has gone into a metaphor that assumes
the zenith of humans desire to be status and likes and influence and conven-
ience and efficiency. Humans want all those things. But we also want to be
inspired. To be delighted. To express our deepest desires. To seek truth. To be
moved. To create. To be challenged.
the zenith of humans desire to be status and likes and influence and conven-
ience and efficiency. Humans want all those things. But we also want to be
inspired. To be delighted. To express our deepest desires. To seek truth. To be
moved. To create. To be challenged.