On Information
the past, present, and future of how we find, monetize, and relate to information.
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On Information
The problem with language models is that while they are very good at giving you the information you want, they don’t tell you what to look for in the first place. You have to figure that out yourself, and you have to learn how to be good at asking for it. This is the metaskill that has become crucial over the last few decades, when our access to in... See more
Kasra • Reading and writing in the age of language models
it’s because we have generated a cult of experts that we have been subjected to the podcastization of all knowledge. If you “dialogue with the experts” in the right way, it’s as if the knowledge magically becomes yours.
We have begun treating knowledge in an acquisitive way , as if the more little tidbits one knows, the more intelligent one is
We have begun treating knowledge in an acquisitive way , as if the more little tidbits one knows, the more intelligent one is
Luke Burgis • There Are No More Hedgehogs
what is Social Media doing to us?
Articles about social media platforms and their effects on society.
Jerod Morris and • 233 cards
Does this have to be a bad thing, though? If the web as we know it changes in the face of artificial abundance? Some will say it’s just the way of the world, noting that the web itself killed what came before it, and often for the better. Printed encyclopedias are all but extinct, for example, but I prefer the breadth and accessibility of Wikipedia... See more
James Vincent • AI Is Killing the Old Web, and the New Web Struggles to Be Born
From Bill Gates’ conversation with Trevor Noah on the What now? podcast, reflecting on social media and the Internet:
... See moreOur industry was very young and just incredibly fast moving, but it didn't have this, oh, this will be a tool for Holocaust denial or weird impacts. And the idea that it would directly be used for political influence, one country try
Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online
amazon.com
Our feeds are designed to “prod the would-be attender ever onward from one monetizable object to the next,” he writes. This has had a deadening effect on all kinds of culture, from Marvel blockbusters that optimize for attention minute to minute, to automated Spotify recommendations that push one similar song after another.