provocations
provocative ideas, musings, and statements to mull on
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provocations
"You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another." — Ernest Hemingway
Don't overlook the basics. Don't ignore the foundation. How long can a tree remain standing without the roots?
There is something unspoken lurking in the background of the most impassioned critiques of generative AI. Between the cries of plagiarism and unoriginal lazy mimicry is the fact that there is almost nothing original or unique about culture now in the first place. Putting aside the dangerous and ahistorical simplification of creativity as... See more
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I think a lot about how we don’t have anything in software in the category of luxury.
Sarah Conex.com“It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”
— Chuck Palahniuk, Diary
(PDF) The Environment Is Not A System
PDF | This paper considers some of the limitations and possibilities of computational models in the context of environmental inquiry, specifically... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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Data-driven research methods necessitate the collection of huge quantities of data and in doing so, they dismantle opportunities for paying close specific attention to the world. These methods also tend to obscure the many other ways of building understanding. Also, perhaps intentionally, data collection increasingly acts to maintain the status quo. We use data to study problems that would be more effectively addressed through simple political action. The impetus to “study the problem” ad nauseam gives the appearance of addressing an issue while perfectly maintaining the present state of affairs.