my mind is melting or rotting
In AI tools: everything becomes "optimization" because algorithms can predict what you want faster than you can articulate it yourself. The result is efficiency that slowly disconnects you from your own thinking process.
Just a moment...
claude
We live in a world where we are encouraged to collect everything online. Why? To some degree, for our convenience. But the real driving force is companies can get to know us better, to better sell us more toys.
Escaping the Attention Economy - Last Week I Learned
That’s the environment. But the white pill is that substance, can cut through even more. The people genuinely yearn for the next Apple. Care, craft, a love of the arts.
Give it to them. Give it to them forreal, not just the cosplay.
You’ll find there’s no playbook. It can’t be copied. It’s a lot harder. But you won’t feel gross.
Give it to them. Give it to them forreal, not just the cosplay.
You’ll find there’s no playbook. It can’t be copied. It’s a lot harder. But you won’t feel gross.
Reggie James • Tweet
What risk are we radically underestimating as a species? What are we overestimating?
I think we’ve still underestimated the harms of scrolling. I am careful to say “scrolling” because I don’t think social media is itself a bad thing, nor do I think screens are uniformly bad. I think it’s specifically the act of scrolling, which forces us to ingest,... See more
I think we’ve still underestimated the harms of scrolling. I am careful to say “scrolling” because I don’t think social media is itself a bad thing, nor do I think screens are uniformly bad. I think it’s specifically the act of scrolling, which forces us to ingest,... See more
Nadia Asparouhova • Nadia Asparouhova on antimemetics, nuclear mysticism, and scrolling
There is no “Marie Kondo” for your Instagram.
Escaping the Attention Economy - Last Week I Learned
Marie Kondo for your mind as a service