thoughtlessness in the digital realm
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We relate to each other through the digital interface, and yet there can be discomfort and anxiety around how technology intersects with dance. This happens particularly when technology is read as a replacement for embodied knowledge, for muscle memory, for the body becoming an archive of practice. If you could record what you have learned, does th... See more
We all reach for tools that save us time. But used incorrectly, AI saves us time at the expense of thoughtfulness. If you had chatGPT write all your emails and a meeting bot write all your notes, you would get your work done faster, but you’d be doing a terrible job.
At Granola, our mission is to build tools that elevate you to do your best work. We... See more
At Granola, our mission is to build tools that elevate you to do your best work. We... See more
Personally, I see at least 2 "types" of websites. In short: I am for AI for "getting information quickly," against it for "consolidating the internet landscape."
1. "Get stuff done/get information quickly." Where efficiency is key. Get from A→B as fast as possible. "What does this error code mean?" would be an example. ... See more
Cognitive endurance refers to the capacity of independent engagement with a challenging problem, in the presence of accessible solutions. For example, a student’s cognitive endurance regulates how long they struggle with a math problem before looking up the solutions in the textbook’s appendix.
Like athletic endurance, cognitive endurance can be tra
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When it comes to things like relationships, the bonds we form are ever-evolving and impossible to fossilize, just as the living internet will always trace back to links that stop functioning. But if the internet is fundamentally not meant for keeping, I’d still like to imagine what more it has to offer us.
The frailty of profit-oriented projects tha
... See moreThere was Arturo Béjar’s testimony in 2023. The former Facebook engineer told senators, “Meta continues to publicly misrepresent the level and frequency of harm that users, especially children, experience on the platform.”
And there was Frances Haugen’s bombshell testimony in 2021: “I recognized a frightening truth: almost no one outside of Facebook... See more
And there was Frances Haugen’s bombshell testimony in 2021: “I recognized a frightening truth: almost no one outside of Facebook... See more