Stuff we're thinking about
One's ability to articulate an idea always lags behind the understanding of the idea, and the understanding of an idea often lags behind the embodiment in which it is first given life. It can take a surprising amount of time to come to understand what a prototype is trying to "say", and longer still to say it oneself.
-Bret Victor
"I call myself a farmer. Wall Street is flooded with hunters-people who try to go out and find the big game.
They fell it and bring it back, and there's a huge feast and everything is fabulous, and then they look for the next big game.
I plant seeds and then I spend all of my time cultivating them.”
—Thomas Russo" (William Green, Richer, Wiser, Happier)
AI as a way not to replace our thinking function but to enhance the way we input and manipulate a computer.
Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect
- Will Guidara, unreasonable hospitality
When you take a hike and you feel a sense of awe at everything that you're seeing, you're experiencing the sublime. In most of life, this sense of “smallness” is experienced as a humiliation. But the sense of smallness in the presence of the sublime has an oddly uplifting effect.
I love the idea of coming face to face with our cosmic insignificance ... See more
I love the idea of coming face to face with our cosmic insignificance ... See more
sublimeinternet.substack.com • Can I Ramble for a Sec?
AI will take all that digital garbage and multiply it by a thousand. Or ten thousand. Or maybe more.
Let's Just Admit it: The Algorithms Are Broken
Searching the internet should feel like navigating a grand library of knowledge, where you could weave insights across cultures, industries, and millenia.
Of course it doesn’t feel that way. Today, searching the internet feels more like navigating a landfill.
Of course it doesn’t feel that way. Today, searching the internet feels more like navigating a landfill.
Exa API
To me, the clearest example is Dropbox. I’ve used Dropbox since the earliest days, and I love it. Nothing has ever come close to providing the speed, reliability, and cross-platform compatibility for file synching of Dropbox. Even though I technically get iCloud File Storage “for free” as part of some broader package, I still pay for Dropbox with a... See more