reading, watching & listening to
sharing a selection of things I'm reading and find thought provoking
reading, watching & listening to
The Way We Live Now: 11-11-01; Lost and Found (Published 2001)
nytimes.com
an evocative, beautiful piece of writing about new york city written just after 9/11. recommended by Andy Weissman.
Five Nine Problems - Speculative Branches
specbranch.com
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...
docs.google.com
What Makes His Taste So Good?
nytimes.com
He’ll be like: ‘Why is that? Why? What’s the purpose? What’s the intention and what’s the purpose?’”
Embracing Paradox
Exploring the balance between opposing principles in investment, such as trust versus skepticism, patience versus urgency, and transparency versus confidentiality, emphasizing the importance of harmony in decision-making.
static1.squarespace.com
The book that got me in love with fiction again
Creation becomes consumption
open.substack.com
Most people don’t want a blank canvas, they want a dance, a format, a prompt.