provocations
provocative ideas, musings, and statements to mull on
sari and
provocations
People worry that computers will get too smart and take over the world, but the real worry is that they’re too stupid and they’ve already taken over the world. -Pedro Domingos
sari azout • Tweet
Beyond the Binary
open.substack.com
Draw a distinction – and cross it.
“…move beyond our comfortable binaries and recognise them as interfaces: places of friction, possibility, and perpetual movement. Every meaningful change, every genuine innovation, arises at the interface—where differences meet, transform, and evolve.”
The total volume of things that became worth doing due to the technology greatly exceeds the quantity of time saved by the technology.
I'm dying. Of overwork.
The value of my seconds didn't crash through the floor. They became more valuable. My seconds are now multiplied. The amount of work I get done is astounding. The speed through which I can... See more
I'm dying. Of overwork.
The value of my seconds didn't crash through the floor. They became more valuable. My seconds are now multiplied. The amount of work I get done is astounding. The speed through which I can... See more
kache • Tweet
AGI was supposed to replace me. Instead, I have more work to do than ever.
LOVE. what a beautiful provocation on aging.
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.
Thomas Sowell, “A childish letter” for Jewish World Review (1998)
“If you can see a thing whole,” he said, “it seems that it’s always beautiful. Planets, lives … But close up, a world’s all dirt and rocks. And day to day, life’s a hard job, you get tired, you lose the pattern. You need distance, interval. The way to see how beautiful earth is, is to see it from the moon. The way to see how beautiful life is, is... See more
andrea and
I don't know. Could be worse. Could be better. I don't subscribe to any kind of theory that says things used to be better. That's bullshit. 200 years ago, people used to just, like, stare at flowers and go, "man we stare at flowers too much we gotta be farming."
Alex Dobrenko` • I posted 300+ Threads in 3 days
Not all questions seek answers, some seek journeys.