reading, watching & listening to
sharing a selection of things I'm reading and find thought provoking
reading, watching & listening to
She had it coming .
instagram.comwow, sofia isella is so verbal and lyrical.
Why We Want Robots at Work but Humans in Art
Why We Want Robots at Work but Humans in Art We hate other people when latency becomes intolerable. As soon as a task is about speed, other humans feel like an irritating inconvenience. The Uber driver’s small talk annoys us. We wish we were in a Waymo. The cashier’s tip screen feels like a micro...
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222. Automating Processes With Software Is HARD
Steven Sinofskyhardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com
an evocative, beautiful piece of writing about new york city written just after 9/11. recommended by Andy Weissman.
The idea that we could have so much community with so little effort was an illusion. We are digitally connected to more people than ever and terribly lonely nevertheless. Closeness requires time, and time has not fallen in cost or risen in quantity.
I do not blame anyone but myself for this. This is not something the corporations did to me. This is something I did to myself. But I am looking now for software that insists I make choices rather than whispers that none are needed. I don’t want my digital life to be one shame closet after another. A new metaphor has taken hold for me: I want it to be a garden I tend, snipping back the weeds and nourishing the plants.