Tech and Society

The Ungated Manifesto

The “machine” is not the problem. The problem is our formation—whether we enter into relationship with these tools as children of God or as anxious, mimetic animals trying to become gods ourselves

Luke Burgis • Spirit and The Cost of Cognition

sari

One of the greatest tragedies of modern technology is entire generations afraid to sit with their own thoughts.

Bryce Roberts x.com

andrea

What is Technology? — Letters to a Young Technologist

Saffron Huang letterstoayoungtechnologist.com

Tanuj

Why Artificial Intelligence Often Feels Like Magic

John Herrman nymag.com

Isabelle Levent

To be a Technologist is to be Human — Letters to a Young Technologist

Saffron Huang letterstoayoungtechnologist.com

Tanuj

It’s wild that some mid level PM is making design tweaks for “retention” and ends up completely tearing the entire fabric of our society into a downward spiral of gamified virtual hot people musical chairs. “What if we added a bursting emoji heart?!” = Birthrates fall to zero

John Fio x.com

andrea

How the Internet Turned Us Into Content Machines

Kyle Chayka newyorker.com

Keely Adler