reading, watching & listening to

reading, watching & listening to

sharing a selection of things I'm reading and find thought provoking

That is: we don’t—we can’t—remember everything. Humans are at least as lossy as AI is, but the details we keep matter. Two people can attend a party and leave with entirely different impressions; 300 million can witness the same election and debate whether a fraud or landslide has occurred. A photograph says more about its creator than its subject.... See more

🌻 statement of purpose

don't take the bait

Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour? | the New Yorker

Anthony Lane newyorker.com

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what we lose when everything gets summarized.

Technology and Grieving

Ranjan Roy readmargins.com

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I read this newsletter for years. This father’s story of his daughter passing away brought me to tears.

Contrasting Aesthetics

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Make Something Heavy.

Anu Atluru workingtheorys.com

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Direct_and_indirect

greenlealane.com

Some Principles

EMILY WILSON emily613.substack.com

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great principles on translation. applies to summaries as well. it’s why AI summaries feel so dead.