the feelies

philosophy - technology

People can feel care and discern quality. Though they cannot articulate it consciously, when given the option and when within their means, humanity selects for quality. Craftsmanship provides humanity not with its basest desires, but with its highest.

What is a world without Craftsmanship?

(1) 5 Questions on Material Stewardship with Harsha Kotak

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value shifts from intelligence, efficiency, and metrics toward felt experience—bodily, emotional, textural, relational.
biology, materials, design: the real frontier isn’t capability but aliveness—texture, touch, resonance, meaning.

Life begins and ends with feeling.

Homo Sentiens “the feeling human”

The second side to quality is subjective, the intangible aspects of an object's character. Less easy to pin down, but of real importance, particularly in a world longing for connections to humanity and nature. How do I feel about this object? What do I know of its character and its provenance? Where were the materials from which it has been made,

If this is truly the dawn of a biological revolution, then we should strive to romanticize biology in every way possible and bring the next generation of builders into the field. This will be no small feat. Biology is complex and difficult to observe. But it doesn’t need to be. We need to make biology education accessible and engaging, while... See more

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Success isn’t metrics. It’s how alive we feel. AI is abundant. Humanity is scarce. That flips the economics of value.

When the World Zigs Toward AI, Zag Toward Being Human

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