Tech and Society

The problem with non-hierarchical models is human beings are not non-hierarchical creatures. Like all anarchist ideals, the dream of infinite digital liberty turned out to be more corporate talking point than reality. We took the agenda-setting function away from individual power brokers and gave it to trillion dollar tech companies, whose faceless

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the worst of all possible worlds: generative AI manages to pollute the internet with cheap synthetic data, manages to make being a human artist / creator harder

In an age of mass production, curation and taste matter more.

AI productivity is now creating a world where everyone can execute, but only a few will figure out what’s worth executing .

Content will be commoditized by AI—but content isn’t culture

From Hamish McKenzie

This same surge in AI-led content production will simultaneously fuel a tremendous need for cultural connection: real humans in communion with one another. These relationships help us make sense of the world, and to know where to direct our attention. Their value will

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