we are shaped by our tools, systems, and environment
Rather than getting hung up on the technology itself, it’s worth thinking about how it works on us. The effectiveness of a generative artwork has a lot to do with the medium of its output. A single still image, for instance, affects us differently from a song, and they’re both different from a movie. That’s where Eno’s idea about the human brain... See more
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Not for making something fast but for making something wonderful. Not to automate your words but to alchemize your mind. And I've seen how these shifts in frame create ripple effects across every decision we make.
This isn’t just philosophical woo woo stuff—it’s practical. Because products are not neutral. They are opinions embedded in pixels –... See more
This isn’t just philosophical woo woo stuff—it’s practical. Because products are not neutral. They are opinions embedded in pixels –... See more
Sari Azout • Becoming unLLMable
Not only do we tend to rewrite our memories according to the narratives we believe in at the moment, we are also easily influenced by word choices e.g. using the phrase ‘a car that zoomed past’ versus ‘a car that drove past’ can cause us to believe different things.
Memory is less so a recording or a catalogue, but more like vapour.
“the ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.”
A quote from The Utopia of Rules
When the traveler wants a big experience, he goes to a big city to see big things. But when he wants an “ authentic” experience, he must eschew the most well-trodden places, possibly the cities themselves, to find it. He must seek out places that have not yet been touched by “tourism”, he must find the people and places that still have remoteness —... See more
Simon Sarris • Small Spaces
the things in your immediate vicinity are the things that are going to dominate your life. So picking and influencing your neighborhood is really important... the neighborhood determines quite a bit about our life and our happiness.
3-2-1: On mental toughness, when confidence fools you, and the importance of neighborhoods
The speed of our forward motion is directly related to the velocity of the people around us
The way of the tourist is to consume; the way of the pilgrim is to be consumed. To the tourist the journey is a means. The pilgrim understands that it is both a means and an end in itself. The tourist and the pilgrim experience time differently. For the former, time is the foe that gives consumption its urgency. For the latter, time is a gift in... See more