Humans In The Loop

as humans, we tend to do whatever it takes and to use any justification to keep busy, even if the task is meaningless. In the words of the scientists behind the study: “Our research suggests that many purported goals that people pursue may be merely justifications to keep themselves busy.”

Interoception, described as the sixth sense, is our ability to sense and feel our internal landscape, including aspects like breath, tension, moods, and emotions. Similar to training your flavor palate as a chef, you can train your interoceptive palate to become more aware of internal sensations. By doing so, you increase your ability to notice... See more

“It’s not just you prompting the LLM, but also the LLM as a prompt reversibly triggers your imagination and creativity…

Again, the role of the LLM here, in Stanley’s view, is largely to present you with a palette of options.

So what’s happening in between, then? What’s happening while you’re redoing it over and over again, prompting the LLMs and

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Emotional labor is the opposite of the industrial economy’s task-based, measured output. Even if we don’t dig ditches, the offer for a certain kind of work was: Process this pile of papers and we don’t care whether you like (or pretend to like) your job. The labor is the easily measured stuff.

But AI and mechanization have turned this sort of task... See more

Creativity is born of limitations, not freedom

Here are eight imperatives—all of them drawing strength and sustenance from the humanities:

1. We need a way of defining and pursuing progress that doesn’t reduce that concept to something that only comes from a digital device.


2. We desperately need access to values and wisdom that aren’t corrupted by the relentless financial metrics and imposed

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“Energy management beats time management.” ― Katherine Morgan Schafler

have ChatGPT break down the psychology of the players in the situation.

“At the end of the day, organizations are human.”

Bryan Yuji Walker

Change Leadership Certificate Instructor & IDEO Partner