Humans In The Loop
- Here are eight imperatives—all of them drawing strength and sustenance from the humanities:
- We need a way of defining and pursuing progress that doesn’t reduce that concept to something that only comes from a digital device.
- We desperately need access to values and wisdom that aren’t corrupted by the relentless financial metrics and imposed flavor-of
from The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn't Happening at College by Ted Gioia
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- Subtle translations allow people from different walks of life, in different parts of the economy, to communicate and coordinate efforts. They break down barriers that would normally take months or years of effort to break down.
from ChatGPT Unlocks the Most Powerful Force on Earth by Dan Shipper
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- “We’re a species that rushes through everything, then complains that time flies.”
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- Creativity is born of limitations, not freedom
from Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’ by Kieran O‘Hare
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There are no shortcuts. The lottery winner isn’t ultimately happy after their sudden change of fortune. The home built hastily rarely survives the first storm. The single-sentence summary of a book or news event is no substitute for the full story.
from The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
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from Superhuman
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- 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.”
from The Illusion of Productivity: Why We Are Addicted to Busyness by Anne-Laure Le Cunff
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- Back in the old days of ‘slow traditional culture’ there were plenty of conversations, music in the parlor and even daydreams about dating. But we didn’t count those. The real stuff was the solid stuff, the informal didn’t truly matter.
And now we live in a time where the previously informal is easy to measure.
But just because it’s measured doesn’t ... See morefrom The defensive arrogance of TL;DR
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