MargaretC
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MargaretC
One of my (many) contrarian beliefs is that we do not have strong enough preferences. We often blame social media or the speed of information as the reason why we’re easily distracted, but the real reason behind our inability to focus has less to do with the sheer quantity of media and more to do with our laziness when it comes to distinguishing... See more
This can lead to developing products that are technically impressive or aesthetically pleasing, but that don’t resonate with users because they don’t solve a significant problem or improve people’s lives in a meaningful way.
Mike Maples • 🔮 Living in the future
Too Many Places Are STERILE and TORCHED — Let’s Make Them COOL and FUNKY
Jonah & Erinblackbirdspyplane.comBanks and other industries have “know your customer” rules so that they can’t do business with anonymous clients laundering money from criminal enterprises. Large social-media platforms should be required to do the same. That does not mean users would have to post under their real names; they could still use a pseudonym. It just means that before a... See more
Jonathan Haidt • Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
Synchronisity. When, I was craving something original June 22 this
https://youtu.be/UFjMTG-OcLY?si=mDTKdANIfd70D1sD
song appeared on YouTube. And the timing couldn't have been better. I was in a beautiful spot on the West Coast of Ireland - the wind was howling and the rain... See more
Synchronisity and
The difficulties I had encountered were superseded by stirring memories of the vastness, remoteness, silence, and incredible beauty of this pristine wilderness.
J.R. Harris • Way Out There: Adventures of a Wilderness Trekker
‘because to some people it looks like a big empty space with nothing in it, but for us, it’s a really important place filled with wildlife and lovely, wonderful communities, and we wanted to protect them.’ She’d appealed to the critical difference between ‘space’ and ‘place’ – one a malleable territory largely
Julian Hoffman • Irreplaceable: The fight to save our wild places
AI - Danger of handing over our thinking to AI
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