Joana
@flaneur
Joana
@flaneur
Art by Virginia Frances Sterrett from "Old French Fairy Tales”
One of the most important things to have learned in life is that choosing joy in a world rife with reasons for despair is a countercultural act of courage and resistance, choosing it not despite the abounding sorrow we barely survive but because of it, because joy — like music, like love — is one of those entirely unnecessary miracles of consciousn
... See moreI mean, we can’t out-AI an AI.
But we can out-human it.
Now is a time to lean into our humanity.
Yes, we can both do pattern recognition, and AI does it faster and more astutely.
But it can’t feel.
It can’t create the unknown.
It can only regurgitate.
These are the cracks in the pavement where living things sprout.
Where what is innately beautiful — life —
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
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