consumption is a killer
I don’t want to sound too much like the "we should improve society somewhat" meme, because obviously, people are going to talk about being less online...online. Social media remains a key arena for discourse about cultural, technological, and social issues. That said, I want to make two points.
First, being offline has become an aesthetic language... See more
First, being offline has become an aesthetic language... See more
Being offline is the hottest thing to post online
does this belong on this board? idk. can’t escape it
we are stuck in a culture of consumption over creation, and that is why the product has become the focus. that is where the cultural rot is that llms reveal. if our focus is always always always on the product, we’ve lost the human that is in the process. then of course ai can swoop in. until creation (not the romanticized kind) over consumption
... See moreI've never had a garden, though "building as gardening" is a perspective I've heard repeatedly while talking to some niche builders as I worked on nichedesign.pressIn the build-fast-break-things-pivot-again culture, I think that's a healthier way to make stuff; you don't reinforce a solution but rather let it grow more organically.As Charles... See more
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friction is necessary. diversity is necessary.
you find things by random chance. llms are predictive they are no longer random. you need to find the wrong thing to set something off that gets you to the right one.
will we stop taking the road less traveled by?
Overbrowsing
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tiredness, instead of being a time to rest, becomes a time of half-rest, where I’m still being stimulated by scrolling through short-form video
I am looking now for software that insists I make choices rather than whispers that none are needed. I don’t want my digital life to be one shame closet after another. A new metaphor has taken hold for me: I want it to be a garden I tend, snipping back the weeds and nourishing the plants.