Connection
Jennifer Baez and
Connection
the very challenges that make relationships difficult are also what make them meaningful. It’s in moments of discomfort—when we navigate misunderstandings or repair after conflict—that intimacy grows. These experiences, whether with therapists, friends, or partners, teach us how to trust and connect on a deeper level. If we stop practicing these... See more
Maytal Eyal • I’m a Therapist, and I’m Replaceable. But So Are You.
Compassion, as well as the way it metabolizes pain, is decidedly analog.
Covid Speaks like ChatGPT
When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.
— Martin Buber
Sherry Ning • Don't look too closely, love
Isn’t it wild how much power our words have?
How easily they can cast spells on people, how they have ripple effects in all directions?
And yet how often we shy away from using them, even when all they would do is bring more beauty into the world?
So what are you waiting for?
How easily they can cast spells on people, how they have ripple effects in all directions?
And yet how often we shy away from using them, even when all they would do is bring more beauty into the world?
So what are you waiting for?
Vidhika Bansal • Say nice things to people's faces 💛
Friends without friction
Companion chatbots may weaken our ability to navigate conflict and difference—unless we make key design choices, says a new report
Companion chatbots may weaken our ability to navigate conflict and difference—unless we make key design choices, says a new report
Friends without friction
“People think that intimacy is about sex. Intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you can stand in front of them bare and their response is ‘you’re safe with me’- that’s intimacy” Adi Shakti
andreaelenaa_ • Tweet
The dead internet theory is not really claiming that most of your personal interactions on the internet are fake.
It is, however, an interesting lens through which to view the internet. That it is no longer for humans, by humans – this is the sense in which the internet we knew and loved is “dead”.
It is, however, an interesting lens through which to view the internet. That it is no longer for humans, by humans – this is the sense in which the internet we knew and loved is “dead”.
The ‘dead internet theory’ makes eerie claims about an AI-run web. The truth is more sinister
Humans aren’t meant to excavate their inner feelings until they find their “true self.” We become ourselves in relation, not through introspection.