Process

As the tools evolve, the metaphors we use to understand them must also be updated. Herndon and Dryhurst describe this next phase as the move from sampling to spawning. Sampling was the logic of the 20th century. You took a slice of a record—a James Brown breakbeat, a horn stab from a jazz LP—and folded it into a new track. It was transformative,... See more

In other words, every new technology promises better clarity, yet its essence is determined by the noise it produces. The friction of limits is what gives a technology its character, so when a system becomes too smooth, too all-encompassing, or too accommodating, it stops having a signature at all. Here’s Eno again from earlier this year:

“I can see... See more

I wouldn’t want an irregular AI in my bank app, but in a creative workflow, hallucinating feels like the point of it all.

The Solution: The 30-Second Framework

After wasting dozens of hours on the wrong AI tasks, I developed a simple framework.

Before touching AI, I ask three questions. Takes 30 seconds. Saves hours.

The 3 Questions

1. CLARITY: Do I know exactly what I want?

• YES = Maybe AI can help


• NO = Start solo to get clarity first

2. SPEED: Can I do this manually in... See more

If I believe my inner world is an “ecology” and social media’s algorithms are “incursions” and “extractive”—then I have to think hard about my own part in sustaining the fragile space of my attention, a place I’ve been cultivating with great care all these years.