Human Stuff
the messiness of what it means to be human, with all of its messiness and complexities
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Human Stuff
Who wants a birthday cake made with aspartame? Who would rather have a tanning bed than a sunny day? Who prefers to watch bots play chess? You can view high-res images of the Mona Lisa anytime you want, and yet people will still pay to fly to Paris and shove through crowds just to get a glimpse of the real thing.
I think there is a deep truth here:... See more
I think there is a deep truth here:... See more
Text is king
I recently had a friend drop by to pick up her Girl Scout cookies and my house was A.MESS. Four loads of laundry on the couch including my underwear (clean) and a box containing our cats ashes on the coffee table because it had been under the Christmas tree because she liked trees and my daughter thought it was fitting.
Anyway my friend just... See more
Anyway my friend just... See more
Anne Helen Petersen • Friday Thread: What's Keeping Us Out of Others' Business?
Oliver Burkeman on what people who’d like to keep making a living from creativity should do in the face of AI:
... See more"For me, it means two things. First: that AI tools belong in my workflow only to the extent that they help me achieve the overarching goals of human connection. This is the Amish approach to technology: first, clarify your values; then
I suspect we humans do better with constraints; the Internet stripped away the constraint of physical distribution, and now AI is removing the constraint of needing to actually produce content. That this is spoiling the Internet is perhaps the best hope for finding our way back to what is real. Let the virtual world be one of customized content for... See more
Stratechery by Ben Thompson • Regretful Accelerationism
Most self-help stuff can be mulched into some version of “Calm the fuck down, keep moving, and have good goals“
YES! this articulates something I've been thinking but couldn't put into words. you could get the song/movie/etc hyper-personalized to you, but most people won't care. pop culture is a promise that you aren't listening/watching alone.
the human role in bringing soul to content will become more important (not less).
Scott Belsky • The New Stack of Entertainment, Tensions of the AI Age, & Navigating Cambrian Explosions
we design our tech for users, not people. what a great little visual!
The divide between AI and humans creates a striking paradox. As Tyler puts it: "On one hand the AIs are getting so much better, so learn how to use the AIs. On the other hand, the AIs are getting so much better, so invest in these other things that aren't AI—pure networks. You've gotta do both."