provocations
provocative ideas, musings, and statements to mull on
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provocations
This is the paradox of our time: the very tools designed to free us from labor are trapping us in an endless cycle of escalating work. As our productivity increases, our standards and expectations rise even faster, creating a psychological Jevons Paradox that threatens to consume our humanity in the pursuit of ever-greater output. We become victims... See more
Tina He • Jevons Paradox: A personal perspective
Most AI backlash is economic anxiety coated in a veneer of social justice. Alfalfa farming consumes 19 times the water that data centers do; there’s no sound environmental reason to boycott Claude but not GPS. When people say “AI is a moral stain,” they really mean: I am scared that I won’t be able to pay my bills.
Jasmine • 🌻 42 notes on AI and work
I often think of Enya, refusing to listen to any music, in case it influences her
And Walt Disney, who became glued to TV, would watch anything, just to stay on top of the (new at the time) medium and what people were doing with it
Artistically, both of these seem valid
Simon Sarristwitter.comthere’s no one way to do anything. there’s just your way.
Most people’s mental models of energy are flawed: they think there’s a ‘tank’ of energy that gets depleted as you spend it. This may be roughly true for physical energy, but mental energy is different: spending mental energy on things that you consider productive or important gives you more mental energy for other things: a positive feedback loop.
... See morenabeelqu.co • Advice That Actually Worked for Me
It’s almost impossible to safely drive a car while only looking in the rear view mirror. Only seeing where you’ve been is a terrible way to figure out where to go.
But it’s really unsafe to go forward with no idea of what came before.
But it’s really unsafe to go forward with no idea of what came before.
“Humans are condemned to be free.”
-Sartre
You could theoretically change your life at any moment. Move here, date that person, work on that startup, write that blog, dye your hair, adopt a dog. Should I stay, should I go? I don’t know if this agency is freedom or burden. Perhaps all the best things are both.
Nixtwitter.comreminds me of the charles broskoski quote that goes something like... and when nobody waits for you at night, and when nobody calls you in the morning - do you call that freedom or loneliness?