The Future
The ease of setting up technology and technological platforms is a major component of why so much basic research is moving out of academia. Practically anyone with a garage these days can do profound studies, relative to just 15 to 20 years ago.
Jonathan Shaw • Harvard Professors Leaving for Private Sector Research | Harvard Magazine
We need 20 year olds to have the freedom to try things, the freedom to explore, the freedom to end up having careers that they couldn’t have imagined at 20. Life requires a certain amount of curiosity and exploration. Life is an open world game. It rewards you for exploring. And capitalism cannot fucking stand that. It wants you on rails. Capitalis... See more
How to live off the rails
From today’s post on Seth Godin’s blog.
The internet has become a series of lacunas, spaces where content used to be.
s.e. smith • What happens when the internet disappears?
From the post, “Productivity, AI and pushback”.
Maggie articulates what I believe is the future of the web, or at least a component of what it will be.
But what if the coming revolution is a silent one that will be led by those who, in the face of this increasing activity and ear-splitting noise, choose the anti-mimetic path? Who grow quieter and more intentional?