Process
Every morning, before the rush of emails, meetings, and to-do lists, I sit quietly and think slowly (with thanks to Daniel Kahneman). It’s not always easy—my mind often races ahead (with thanks to my ADD)—but I've found that even brief moments of mindfulness help me prepare for a day of writing. This necessary pause helps me notice my thoughts with... See more
Prompting with Mindfulness: How My Rhetorical Prompting Method Encourages Deeper Thinking
When I write, I push myself to make definite positive claims. Ambiguity allows thought to remain fluid on the page, floating into a different meaning when put under pressure. This makes it harder to push your thinking deeper. By making clear and sharp claims, I reveal my understanding so that I—or the person I’m writing to—can see the state of my k... See more
Henrik Karlsson • How to Think in Writing
I am so fluid about everything. Would it be better to get more concrete about my opinions sand hypotheses?
Work is changing
Work is changing, and we're only beginning to understand how. What's clear from these experiments is that the relationship between human expertise and AI capabilities isn't fixed. Sometimes I found myself acting as a creative director, other times as a troubleshooter, and yet other times as a domain expert validating results. It wa... See more
Work is changing, and we're only beginning to understand how. What's clear from these experiments is that the relationship between human expertise and AI capabilities isn't fixed. Sometimes I found myself acting as a creative director, other times as a troubleshooter, and yet other times as a domain expert validating results. It wa... See more
Ethan Mollick • Speaking things into existence
Over long periods of time spent in physical archives, you develop a holistic picture of a slice of history that is necessarily individual to you, as the researcher, because you can’t control or even fully understand what your brain finds interesting in a set of documents. They’re just ... interesting . Maybe not to anyone else, at first. But over t... See more
Benjamin Breen • AI legibility, physical archives, and the future of research
As LLMs improve, they’re becoming adept at deciphering our incoherent ramblings. You can throw a jumbled idea at them—“I want something that does this, kind of”—and they’ll figure out your real intention, delivering a workable starting point. It’s reminiscent of a parent interpreting a child’s babbling needs: it might sound fanciful, but it’s alrea... See more
Azeem Azhar • Introducing the vibe worker
Archives As Anchors
Collecting and archiving are ways to reclaim and own our attention—they are acts of meaning-making. These practices are rituals: habits and skills that demand time, patience, and a willingness to look beyond the surface.
Collecting and archiving are ways to reclaim and own our attention—they are acts of meaning-making. These practices are rituals: habits and skills that demand time, patience, and a willingness to look beyond the surface.