James Stevens
@redwolfwhite
Well red and well read.
Came for the creativity. Stayed for the community.
James Stevens
Digital abundance is a mixed blessing: exhilarating, yet flattening and homogenizing. Culture is converted into “content” that blurs together as it flows through the same conduits and across the same interfaces in an endless stream. As we struggle to keep abreast of the accelerating flow of content, drawn by the perpetual lure of the new, we come... See more
Scenarios: Uncharted Waters Ahead
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Interestingness and
"The key to thriving in our high-tech world, they’ve learned, is to spend much less time using technology." (Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism)
that kind of luxe just ain't for us; we crave a different kind of buzz
There’s a wonderful tension in this observation for any software-based organisation…
Curation Is King and Models & Frameworks
Power Law Distribution in action…
"The first era of Facebook was for talking with friends and family. The second, TikTok-influenced era of the company is more focused on content from creators and other people you don't know.
This week, we got a glimpse of the era yet to come: one where we interact regularly with both people and bots — perhaps not even always knowing, or caring,... See more
This week, we got a glimpse of the era yet to come: one where we interact regularly with both people and bots — perhaps not even always knowing, or caring,... See more
But somehow the vital connection is made
The slow march towards total disconnection from each other, sponsored by Meta.
Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk book is out. It kicks off with the following quote:
"To anyone I've offended, I just want to say, I reinvented electric cars and I'm sending people to Mars in a rocket ship. Did you think I was also going to be a chill, normal dude?"
