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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’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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Shit’s Gonna Get So Fucking Weird and Terrible
(An uncomfortably honest field guide to the deeply bizarre now-now-soon)
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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
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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