Quotes
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
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Any damn fool can make it complex. It takes a genius to make it simple
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
We can see what late-hyper-digital-artificially-intelligent capitalism is doing to us
Kyle Chayka • IRL Brain Rot and the Lure of the Labubu | The New Yorker
Emotion is a human cognitive function, and it would, therefore, be very difficult to simulate in an AI or AI-controlled robot; boredom may probably be the most difficult emotion to simulate at all. It may become possible to implement “happy” or “sad” emotions in silico, by making an AI or robot learn from happy and sad examples.... See more
Izumi Uehara • The meaning of boredom: Properly managing childhood boredom could lead to more fulfilling lives
To the wrongs that need resistance,
to the rights that need assistance,
to the future in the distance,
give yourselves.
It’s okay to say, “it’s not for you,” to most people. In fact, that’s the only way to do work that matters. —Seth Godin.
Julia Alexander • Here's What the Fight for Your Attention Really Looks Like
Kevin Kelly • 101 Additional Advices
