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Elliot Vredenburg, Creative Director at U.N.N.A.M.E.D., told me “AI is most valuable behind the scenes. It’s very useful in moments where sketches matter more than polish. It can help brainstorm faster, explore more directions, and pressure-test ideas. That’s exciting! But it works best when it’s a collaborator, not a replacement. When you try to s... See more
Why AI Will Lead to More “Proof of Reality” Posts
from “Why AI Will Lead to More ‘Proof of Reality’ Posts” by Rachel Karten
Rolling Stone gets it: constant presence beats polished perfection.
#creatoreconomy #creatorrankings #rollingstone | Monica Khan | 12 comments
And while AI might be changing how some work is done, it can't replicate you—your taste, your judgment, and your ability to create with empathy, intuition and soul. What it can do is act like a mini brainstorming team—helping you work faster, pitch better, or test new ideas. It's a chance to level up. To become a creative generalist and embrace new... See more
Why you shouldn't give up on the creative industry just yet
When an adult Mack sits in her childhood kitchen and watches Lily, her daughter-but-not-quite, skin a fish, we know what she is thinking, what memory is running through her mind. No words are necessary. Mack clasps her sister’s hand in gratitude, in grief, in love, and in remembrance. The record continues with Lily, who is loved enough to be taught... See more
Each of Us Is the Proof | Are.na Editorial
by Yeaye, from “Each of Us Is the Proof”

“creativity under capitalism is not creative at all because it only produces more of the same,” as Oli Mould puts it in Against Creativity
Cortney Cassidy • A soft manifesto
a river’s right to flow with clean, cool water is not something we should just aim to protect; rather, we should aim to empower the river with its own tools and resources so that, in a way, it can protect it self
A New Order of Regenerative Kinship
from “A New Order of Regenerative Kinship”
In the post-hipster era, you listened to what Spotify told you to listen to. If you read a book, it was because the precise pattern of blobby pastel-coloured shapes on its cover contained coded instructions to TikTok’s algorithm that sent it zooming to the top of your feed. Your tastes and preferences were decided for you by vast crystalline machin... See more
Sam Kriss • All the Nerds Are Dead - By Sam Kriss - Numb at the Lodge
One's ability to articulate an idea always lags behind the understanding of the idea, and the understanding of an idea often lags behind the embodiment in which it is first given life. It can take a surprising amount of time to come to understand what a prototype is trying to "say", and longer still to say it oneself.
-Bret Victor