Going (slightly more) analog
“In the past, jobs were about muscles. Now they’re about brains, but in the future, they’ll be about the heart.”
Maria Flynn • Opinion | The A.I. Economy Will Make Jobs More Human - The New York Times
Overthrowing Our Tech Overlords | NOEMA
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Ten years ago, the industry’s identity was largely defined by thousands of young millennials who wanted to “change the world,” and the handful of large technology companies attempting to attract that talent. Discussions of material abundance, of connecting humanity, and of every sci-fi moonshot on our path to Star Trekkian utopia were not only... See more
Goonpocalypse
Is there a way for A.I. to do something other than sharpen the knife blade of capitalism?
Ted Chiang • Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey? | The New Yorker
The idea of “reconnecting with nature” is a human-supremacist construct. We are nature. We are nothing but nature. We are embodied psyches living in vulnerable flesh-blood-and-bones vessels. We’re born, we live, we die, we decompose. We’re animals—wildlife indigenous to Earth. And like other wild species, without freedom we fall apart. We are able
... See moreJulie Holland • How Psychedelics Can Help Save the World: Visionary and Indigenous Voices Speak Out
In a world where we can outsource productivity to technology, the people who reap the biggest rewards aren’t those who work the fastest.
They’re the people who make things that are wonderful, original, weird, emotionally resonant, and authentic. As our feeds become flooded with instant, AI-generated content, the most dangerous thing you can do is... See more
They’re the people who make things that are wonderful, original, weird, emotionally resonant, and authentic. As our feeds become flooded with instant, AI-generated content, the most dangerous thing you can do is... See more