Rishita Chaudhary
@rish_yossarian
multi-hyphenate
tech policy, media & society
Rishita Chaudhary
Why AI Safety Requires a Sociotechnical Approach: Our Top Ten Reads
datasociety.net
tiny internets is a research inquiry attempting to answer the question:
And also
What does a more natural, soft, and quiet internet look like, one where the public spaces are actively shaped by us to not only use but live in?
And also
How do we facilitate serendipitous intimacy on the internet?... See more
How do we make people aware that they are co-inhabiting a space
Patricia Mou • [non-paywalled issue] The Rabbit Hole 🕳🐇 issue no.34
In the end, the boy discovers what we all must eventually, if we are to grow into the full bigness of the heart: that in every relationship of trust and tenderness, each is the guardian of the other’s particularity; that to love someone not for the comfort or compliance they can give you but for exactly who they are, the special and particular pers... See more
Maria Popova • How to Love Yourself and How to Love Another: A Playful and Poignant Vintage Illustrated Fable About Cherishing the Particular
However, when a university over-relies on pipeline programs, it risks compromising its deeper societal role, shifting from a creator of knowledge and cultural progress to a narrowly focused supplier of workforce-ready graduates. There is nothing wrong with it but by merely focusing on workforce readiness the Universities eventually lose their value... See more
Arpit Chaturvedi • Pipeline or Catalyst? The Dual Paths of Elite Education
Notes on Emerson’s Notes
Name your notebooks: the names we give our notebooks designate a relationship—sometimes aspirational—with literature and the world of ideas. I wonder how my relationship to my notebooks might change if I named them “The Wide World.” Would my ideas become more expansive?
Nothing’s truly new, but you should still develop a symb
... See moreThese artworks have the capacity to alter our perceptions: of ourselves, certain concepts, the history or present or future of the world. Many of my favorite visual artworks reorient my perception of beauty (making a beautiful thing boring, making an ugly thing interesting); many of my favorite literary artworks change my perception of morality (by... See more
Celine Nguyen • good artists copy, ai artists ____
we don’t just “use” objects in the world; we too are changed by the objects we engage with
“We’re going to perfect your body. We’re going to ensure that the moments of breakdown, the signs of aging and decay, are no longer part of your bodymind.”
A greater healthspan is another form of extending one’s productivity as well. Many people are unable to retire at an age that they would like to. Extending your life even further and having to so... See more
A greater healthspan is another form of extending one’s productivity as well. Many people are unable to retire at an age that they would like to. Extending your life even further and having to so... See more
Who Gets to Live Forever? A Conversation about Biotechno-solutionism with Tamara Kneese and Santiago Sanchez
I think it's about making that semantic claim that creates a framework for committed action.