we are shaped by our tools, systems, and environment
We use the computer to process words, but the ideas that animate those words originate somewhere else, away from the screen. The word processor has changed the way we write, but it hasn't yet changed the way we think.
New York Times • Tool for Thought
Bloomberg has always been as much a social object as a data pipe. Those orange and black screens are a badge of belonging; the unique keyboard is a rite of passage.
In this context, POSH signals that the Bloomberg community isn’t just about trading credit default swaps, but also about trading Ferraris, Bordeaux, and Patek Philippes, currencies of... See more
In this context, POSH signals that the Bloomberg community isn’t just about trading credit default swaps, but also about trading Ferraris, Bordeaux, and Patek Philippes, currencies of... See more
Tools encourage default behaviors, they dictate patterns and golden paths. These represent the tool makers’ ideal user experiences. If following along breaks your back, then it’s not because you tried to lift too much, it’s because the tool applied pressure in all the wrong places.
from basecamp
We must strategically protect and take aim with our attention, not just because it’s the lens through which we see, but because it’s the architecture of our reality.
Matt Klein • The Art of (Attention) War
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.
Books you read are sending you input. Your friends modeling behaviors for you. Newspapers. Tools. People you follow on Twitter. The architecture of a Gothic church beaming serenity into you—that is input too.
At the same time, you are also sending output to other nodes. Now, I am sending these ideas into my pocket notebook, which will send them to... See more
At the same time, you are also sending output to other nodes. Now, I am sending these ideas into my pocket notebook, which will send them to... See more