Josh

@jpw

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I think there are legitimate use cases for these tools (think automation) but the one thing they cannot and will never be able to do is replace what happens in a human brain in that moment of crisis. truly insane that we're pushing an entire generation to forget how to think

ceej (@ceej.online)

Leaving consensus reality and Artificial intelligence

"Lies are often much more plausible, more appealing to reason than reality, since the liar has the great advantage of knowing beforehand what the audience wishes or expects to hear." — Hannah Arendt

Leaving consensus reality

Multitasking, in short, is not only not thinking, it impairs your ability to think. Thinking means concentrating on one thing long enough to develop an idea about it.

William Deresiewicz • Solitude and Leadership

How to live

Challenging thoughts

DevRel has always been a role that defies simple definition. It’s not marketing, but it overlaps with marketing. It’s not sales, but it supports sales. It’s not customer success, but it builds relationships with users. And it’s certainly not engineering, though it requires technical skills.

It demands a rare combination of traits: technical... See more

Lee Briggs • The Death of Developer Relations | lbr.

Tech business and marketing

What is DevRel?

Here’s the other problem with Facebook and Twitter and even The New York Times. When you expose yourself to those things, especially in the constant way that people do now—older people as well as younger people—you are continuously bombarding yourself with a stream of other people’s thoughts. You are marinating yourself in the conventional wisdom.... See more

William Deresiewicz • Solitude and Leadership

Challenging thoughts

Dont force your kid to blindly adhere to your rules, if they learn to blindly follow you they will not be able to make rational decisions for themselves. I always said "my rules are law, unless you can tell me reasonably why you have a better idea" this gets kids thinking about their situation, and not just acting out against you. Shows them that

Kids and family

"Monetize" is a terrible word that tacitly admits that there is no such thing as an "attention economy." You can't use attention as a medium of exchange. You can't use it as a store of value. You can't use it as a unit of account. Attention is like cryptocurrency: a worthless token that is only valuable to the extent that you can trick or coerce... See more

Cory Doctorow • The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok

Merry Christmas Eve.

While preparing for holiday festivities yesterday I listened to over 100 recordings of my favorite traditional Christmas carol: God Rest You Merry Gentlemen.

Here's a thread of the top 7. I award extra points for creativity, fullness of sound, and house party appropriateness.

Bluesky

Joy