Interestingness
“It’s not about making yourself interesting. It’s about making the world interesting.” Russell Davies
Interestingness
Nuggets
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Stunningly simple. Simply stunning.
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A weekend’s work to turn a podcast into a chatbot…the opportunities that are just beginning to emerge make my brain hurt. In the best possible way…
The trouble with the internet, Mr. Williams says, is that it rewards extremes. Say you’re driving down the road and see a car crash. Of course you look. Everyone looks. The internet interprets behavior like this to mean everyone is asking for car crashes, so it tries to supply them.
‘The Internet Is Broken’: @ev Is Trying to Salvage It (Published 2017)
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To be clear, concluding in brief: there is enough for all. So there should be no more people living in poverty. And there should be no more billionaires.
Enough should be a human right, a floor below which no one can fall; also a ceiling above which no one can rise. Enough is a good as a feast— or better.
Arranging this situation is left as an exerci... See more
Enough should be a human right, a floor below which no one can fall; also a ceiling above which no one can rise. Enough is a good as a feast— or better.
Arranging this situation is left as an exerci... See more
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Ministry for The Future - Kim Stanley Robinson.
Scenarios: Uncharted Waters Ahead
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MEUTE - LoCKeDoWN2
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Electronica marching band. Delicious.
“If your opinions on one subject can be predicted from your opinions on another, you may be in the grip of an ideology. When you truly think for yourself, your conclusions will not be predictable.” – Kevin Kelly
Collab Fund • Smart Things I’ve Read Lately
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Does the iPad make sense as a computer now?
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I keep coming back to this wonderfully insightful point by the wonderfully insightful Dieter Bohn about interface design and grammar.