cultural mood
My apocalyptic sense is very strong. I feel we have very little time. I rarely hear any people — except, say, Richard Heinberg — talk honestly about how fast our window is closing before all is lost. A lot of us really think it’s too late. So, how do you keep on going?
Andrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
I am tired of seeing speed as a selling point.
I’ve wanted to talk about this for a long time.
I think one of the main reasons many of us feel anxious is because we have more productivity tools than ever, but these tools rarely match how we naturally want to create.
Here’s some sample headlines I've seen:
“From thought to action faster than humanly... See more
I’ve wanted to talk about this for a long time.
I think one of the main reasons many of us feel anxious is because we have more productivity tools than ever, but these tools rarely match how we naturally want to create.
Here’s some sample headlines I've seen:
“From thought to action faster than humanly... See more
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... See moreDoomprompting Is the New Doomscrolling.
The new slot machines of thought — AI’s infinite scroll and the quiet outsourcing of our intention.
Anu
Aug 11, 2025
The blank box of ChatGPT, Claude, or your large language model of choice staring back at you felt like a clean slate. Here was a remarkable new technology that put the world’s knowledge at our... See more
The new slot machines of thought — AI’s infinite scroll and the quiet outsourcing of our intention.
Anu
Aug 11, 2025
The blank box of ChatGPT, Claude, or your large language model of choice staring back at you felt like a clean slate. Here was a remarkable new technology that put the world’s knowledge at our... See more
Doomprompting Is the New Doomscrolling.
rest itself becomes an act of rebellion. If AI gives us near-limitless productive capacity, the truly radical act might be to not use it at all. By setting realistic targets for ourselves, and putting up boundaries, we can slow the erosion of our humanity.
Similarly, AI creates nigh-infinite consumption potential. OpenAI 's Sloptok can generate... See more
Tawanda Munongo • Article
Writing about what’s going on in culture stops me from consuming media passively. Basically: it’s hard to doomscroll when you remember that even the most throwaway post is a signal – why is this happening, who is it for, and what does it mean?
Matthew Knight • OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE Y25.W19
but whether parasocial content is desirable or not, it points to a growing crisis on the internet: So much of what we encounter online just doesn’t matter , and even worse, offers no mechanism for us to start caring about it. The average human living today sees more things they don’t care about in one week than a medieval peasant did in their... See more
Drew Austin • The Internet's Meaning Crisis
No one feels like they’re getting much done. Which isn’t surprising when you remember many people are devoting 5 to 12 hours per day to consuming digital content: lurking social by day, binging streaming by night.
-8Ball, Sean Monahan