The Medium Is The Message
related to marshall mcluhans - we shape the communication tool, then it shapes us
by sari and · updated 20d ago
The Medium Is The Message
Israel strikes Iran. A compulsion to doom scroll, but watching myself as I do it. There’s worry, but also a scanning for both clarity and novelty. The main problem is that the same factoids are being repeated over and over; it’s quite hard to obtain new and developing information. What’s happened in the last 30 minutes? It’s a weird paradox; you ob
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More insights from Ezra Klein convo with Nilay Patel:
From Ezra: One of the messages of the medium of AI is be efficient. Don't waste your time at all this. But a lot of the big insights, happen when we're doing the hard thing when we're sitting there trying to figure out the first draft or learn about a thing or figure out what we're doing.
what is
sari added 7mo ago
- the best software products aren’t just assemblages of functionality ,exposed by particular formal elements (links, buttons, icons, menus). Rather, they organize and shape how you think, and they create or sustain a particular lifestyle
from research as leisure activity by Celine Nguyen
sari added 4mo ago
.@jesslivingston’s blog post “The Sound of Silence” (2017) perfectly summarizes my frustrations and feelings towards social media. At some point, you realize there might be diminishing returns to being public which is an unfortunate reality. https://foundersatwork.posthaven.com/the-sound-of-silence... See moresari added 1y ago
- Shaped intentionally or not, each medium’s fundamental materials and constraints give it a “grain” which make it bend naturally in some directions and not in others.
from Why books don’t work by Andy Matuschak
sari added 1y ago
- Human expression was perfected into pithy thought-capsules (Twitter, LinkedIn), glamour shots (Instagram), and performative soundbites (TikTok), all perfect carriers for human emotions and — most importantly — ADVERTISING, which we were also now expected to do, newly equipped with our “personal brands.”
The dominance of these formats and mindset mad... See morefrom Formulary for New Media by Yancey Strickler
sari added 3mo ago
when we shift our metaphors, interfaces, and incentive structures, everything changes
sari added 8mo ago
