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Take Brian Eno, who I, at least, find remarkably interesting 50 years into his career. When I listen to Secret Life , the album he did with his protégé Fred Again.. in 2023, it sounds to me like one of the most modern and novel sounds in recent years—just as the album Eno did with Roxy Music in 1972 sounded ahead of its time (and is still... See more

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interesting people are constantly taking risks

"What if what you do to survive / Kills the things you love?"

-Bruce Springsteen's 2005 song "Devils & Dust"

Tech optimists keep promising us we’re just one innovation away from magically enhancing our capacity for connection and meaning. Meanwhile, the messy, unoptimisable business of being alive remains stubbornly resistant to algorithmic solutions, reminding us that our limitations are the very features that make our existence worthwhile

-Kai, Dense

Inspired by Light Phone’s self description:

"Simple devices with quality tools, designed to be used as little as possible".

AI as a way not to replace our thinking function but to enhance the way we input and manipulate a computer.

The secret is not to chase butterflies, but to take care of the garden so they'll come to you

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