Quotes
From “The Creative License” by Danny Gregory.
SPIEGEL Interview With Umberto Eco 'We Like Lists Because We Don't Want to Die'
Susanne Beyer, Lothar Gorrisspiegel.deUmberto Eco: The list is the origin of culture. It's part of the history of art and literature. What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible.
“i asked chatgpt—“
okay well i asked the moon and she said you’re a fucking loser for that
okay well i asked the moon and she said you’re a fucking loser for that
gracie kate on Substack
People used to speculate about a thought that destroys the thinker, some unspeakable Lovecraftian horror, or a Gödel sentence that crashes the human logical system. It turns out that the disabling thought is one that we’ve all encountered: the idea that free will doesn’t exist. It just wasn’t harmful until you believed it.
Ted Chiang • Exhalation
as an artist, I think I’ll learn how to use new magic — AI tools — by thinking of it as a new toy/tool, rather than feeling threatened or replaced by it (which I don’t). AI is changing the world, with or without me. And my prediction (and hope) is this:
The more that new magic infiltrates the world, the more special old magic will be.
The more that new magic infiltrates the world, the more special old magic will be.
Kening Zhu • The new magic of AI vs. the old magic of artists — kening zhu
hashtags are for losers who voluntarily submit to 280-character straitjackets
Cory Doctorow • Attack Surface
I am not some sleek, futuristic glyph. I am the battered, coffee-stained backbone of writerly panic—the gasping pause where a thought should have ended but simply could not.