philipp
@philipptemmel
Product Designer, Writer, Side-project enthusiast
philipp
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ChatGPT Brain Rot Is Real (And Getting Worse)
youtube.comMemorizing facts is becoming less important than knowing how to ask the right questions and evaluate AI-generated responses. Yet this same technology that can accelerate learning also risks creating dependency if we don’t learn to leverage it strategically.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Learning How to Learn
Everyone fears the long sentence. Editors fear it. Readers fear it.
Most of all, writers fear it. Even I fear it. Look. Another short one.
Shorter. Fragments. Frags. Just letters. F... f... f... f. Can I write a sentence without words? Just punctuation? #:!?
Write what you fear. Until the writer tries to master the long sentence, she is no writer at
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Begin with a good quote. Hide the attribution in the middle. End with a good quote.
Some teachers refer to this as the 2-3-1 tool of emphasis, where the most emphatic words or images go at the end, the next most emphatic at the beginning, and the least emphatic in the middle, but that's too much calculus for my brain. Here's my simplified version:
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How can I overlap the things I enjoy?
For example, maybe you want to exercise and spend time with your spouse. What type of exercise sounds fun to do with your spouse?
Or perhaps you'd like to hang out with friends and build your career. How can you find ways to work with people you like being around?
It doesn't always work, but there are usually a... See more
For example, maybe you want to exercise and spend time with your spouse. What type of exercise sounds fun to do with your spouse?
Or perhaps you'd like to hang out with friends and build your career. How can you find ways to work with people you like being around?
It doesn't always work, but there are usually a... See more
3-2-1: On the shortness of life, what mastery requires, and how to overlap the things you love
nurture your relationships, pursue challenging goals, spend time in nature, and make room for fun.
Oliver Burkeman • Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Life is generative. It’s not about looking inward or maintaining the status quo (which is an illusion, anyway!). It’s about exploring, experimenting, trial-and-error, keeping what works and building upon it.
Change unlocks something - Rick Rubin
The idea of changing your life for a period of time, going to a new environment, experiencing a different way of living has to impact your work. It has to unlock something.
There are new things to notice. There are new feelings to be had. And it could be, if you’re city dweller, going to nature can unlock you.
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