Forces of Erosion
What undermines or weakens humanness
Tech effects, convenience, speed, overload, simulations
Forces of Erosion
Speedism is the new linguistic default.
We don’t just want our deliveries fast, we want our words, our thoughts, delivered yesterday.
'ASAP.' 'Ping me.' 'Need now.' But at what cost?
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Tuğba Avcisubstack.com
It’s interesting how we keep removing effort from our lives only for the market to sell it back to us. We’re about to outsource huge parts of our thinking, and I wonder what the next paid version of “mental effort” will look like?
I love exercise, don’t get me wrong. But every time we make life easier, someone finds a... See more
Tuğba Avcisubstack.com“Google is the wonder killer.” What would happen if we started to bring wonder back into our lives?
kencolemaninstagram.com
New study shows that TikTok and Insta trap young people, who feel they MUST use the platforms because… everyone else does. But if offered the chance to PAY to have everyone in their college delete the apps, most on TikTok, and half on Insta, would pay.
Also: most students say they’d PREFER to live in a world with no... See more
A lot of the work in building Sublime has been, what do I want from the web? And personally, I want to follow my curiosity wherever it leads . Without sifting through mountains of clickbait and SEO and content designed to feed an algorithm, I want to mindfully collect the pieces of the internet that resonate with me. And I want to do this in a... See more
Josh Kramer • 0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ a Platform With No Likes, No Follower Count, and No Comments
“We are training our brains to be in a constant state of hyper-alertness, always thinking about what could be happening somewhere else and feeling the urge to check in and see. While this kind of behavior was advantageous during earlier phases of our species’ evolution — it helped us avoid predators and find prey in times of scarcity, for example —... See more
Brad Stulberg • The Practice of Groundedness: A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds--Not Crushes--Your Soul
The question is not whether algorithms can ever foster greatness—they cannot. Their design is fundamentally at odds with the qualities that define great art: depth, complexity, and the capacity to provoke discomfort or transformation. The question is whether we, as creators and consumers, are willing to resist their influence.
Resistance does not... See more
Resistance does not... See more
Dr. Felix S. Grenwood • Algorithms of Mediocrity — william
One issue with technology is what I have previously called “downward augmentation”: the fact that technology compensates for a lack of skills when executing many tasks. The more technology there is, the less educated you need to be to provide high quality services in a more productive way. For