David Pennington
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I write stuff. I’d like to write more stuff. Currently: reclaiming my brain.
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In a culture obsessed with speed, certainty, and specialization, Leonardo’s secret feels almost rebellious: take your time, learn widely, think deeply.
Eric Markowitz • What Leonardo’s obsession with water teaches us about longevity
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Kris De Decker • Power
Q: Who are your favorite artists in any genre, classic or contemporary? Your favorite writers? Where did you get those shoes?
A: It has to be Goya ‘s Caprichios at the time of the Spanish Inquisition and the Napoleonic Wars. (See Milos Foreman ‘s Goya’s Ghosts which shows the awesome connections.) I love Picasso ‘s freedom. Leonardo da Vinci, of... See more
A: It has to be Goya ‘s Caprichios at the time of the Spanish Inquisition and the Napoleonic Wars. (See Milos Foreman ‘s Goya’s Ghosts which shows the awesome connections.) I love Picasso ‘s freedom. Leonardo da Vinci, of... See more
Ralph Steadman Answers Your Questions - Freakonomics
Dewey Decimal!
Sometimes when I’m parenting alone, I slip into a mental state I call “idling.” It happens when my toddler’s nearby but playing on her own, meaning I only need to pay her half of my attention.
Haley Nahman • #208: What is rotting, if not rest?
The average American has fewer than three friends, fewer than three people they would consider friends. And the average person has demand for meaningfully more. I think it's something like 15 friends or something.
The implication is that Meta will close that friendship gap with AI companions. Zuckerberg clarified they won't replace relationships... See more
kyla scanlon • The Most Valuable Commodity in the World Is Friction
It’s not just that he wants us to have more friends, he wants our new friends to be his AI creations. Gross.
humans talking like machines
Big Think • Mechanized Minds: AI’s Hidden Impact on Human Thought
With LLMs all but conversing with their userbase, the variations between human and “talking like machines” is thinner by the day. I think we also see this across movies and modern books and social media. Maybe it started with the listicle format of content being all the rage, or content experts saying there is a specific way to set up content on the page for maximum human engagement.
This phrase suggests a blurring of boundaries between human communication and machine-like processing, highlighting how AI influences us to adopt more mechanical, perhaps less spontaneous ways of thinking and talking.