Thought provoking
Human cognitive limitations, feelings of intellectual inadequacy, and why AI’s lack of these limits is profoundly exciting
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Well, I don't know if you have this experience. I have this experience all the time. Well, two experiences I have all the time.
One is just like, I know I ought to be able to do this, but like, I just can't, like, it's going to take too long. You know, I want to write this thing, or I want to like, whatever, I want to have this theory on this
... See moreEmbrace Muddles // Brian Eno
🟠 You don’t need a perfect plan—just the willingness to start.
🟠 Most great work is improvised, not orchestrated.
🟠 Creativity often begins as chaos—then takes shape as you go.
Clarity comes after creation, not before. You don’t need... See more
contemporary.blueprintinstagram.com"What information, if we had it, would make this decision easy?"
Then: "What's the quickest way we can get that information?"
(Via Matt Lerner)
“What is talkativeness? It is the result of doing away with the vital distinction between talking and keeping silent. Only some one who knows how to remain essentially silent can really talk--and act essentially. Silence is the essence of inwardness, of the inner life. Mere gossip anticipates real talk, and to express what is still in thought
... See more“For You” is not about pushing the limits of our artistic palates, as much a device to serve us what the platform projects — and wants us to be satisfied with, herding us into more predictable siloes that can then be targeted with more “precise” recommendations. Anything other than this is a liability to the business model.
Ted Gioia also comments... See more
Ted Gioia also comments... See more
Matt Klein • The Creator Paradox: Cultural Stasis Amidst Creative Surplus
sometimes the most important thing we can do is let ourselves stay blurry. to be unbranded, unpositioned, undone for a while. because real self-knowledge is a slow, unmarketable process. and the lost feeling might just be the first sign that you’ve finally stopped performing someone else’s idea of a good life.
milk and cookies • why feeling lost might mean you’re finally doing it right
Gurwinder's Defibrillator (to restart your heart when you’re out of empathy):
Everyone is an ape adrift in an alien world, born into a struggle they did not choose, bullied by impulses they cannot control, searching for answers they will not find, and condemned to a fate they do not deserve.
Go easy on them.
Everyone is an ape adrift in an alien world, born into a struggle they did not choose, bullied by impulses they cannot control, searching for answers they will not find, and condemned to a fate they do not deserve.
Go easy on them.
Gurwinder • 40 Mind-Expanding Concepts (Spring 2023)
We don’t give other people credit for the same interior complexity we take for granted in ourselves, the same capacity for holding contradictory feelings in balance, for complexly alloyed affections, for bottomless generosity of heart and petty, capricious malice. We can’t believe that anyone could be unkind to us and still be genuinely fond of us,... See more