Tech and Society
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Tech and Society
I felt like a sucker, not just for playing someone else's game, but for playing it under the guise of making the world a better place. Not only had we not conceivably accomplished much of any good, we'd arguably made things worse in granting legitimacy to a crypto trading protocol that abetted financial mania. It's actually laughable in hindsight –... See more
Poignant, honest reflection by Bryan Lehrer on working in crypto
The easiest thing to get to conform is the technology.
The hardest thing to get to conform is your nervous system is the sun is the sky is your life, you know?
So Program or Be Programmed really means understand the technology well enough to use it in a way that's compatible with you and your creative cycle, rather than trying to conform your
... See moreI had my hair analysed at a salon from the future and it fixed the damage
Dazed Mediadazeddigital.com
Right now, people totally misunderstand what AI is. They see it as a tiger. A tiger is dangerous. It might eat me. It’s an adversary. And there’s danger in water, too — you can drown in it — but the danger of a flowing river of water is very different to the danger of a tiger. Water is dangerous, yes, but you can also swim in it, you can make
... See moreThe Verge • “An engine for the imagination”: an interview with David Holz, CEO of AI image generator Midjourney
techno-optimism critique
On Bullshit
The document discusses the nature and prevalence of bullshit, distinguishing it from lying and exploring its connection to skepticism and the pursuit of personal sincerity.
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Bjork on technology