Ruthvik Peddawandla

Time for tinkering, following my curiosity, and reading about things that interest me can feel like “wasting” time but these periods tend to lead to interesting opportunities. This is because it's a way of getting in the flow with my nature and optimizing for energy first. This ends up being a great hack for avoiding starting things you’ll want to ... See more

Whereas the autofictional narrator establishes an autocracy over the world they relate, like an influencer who won’t respond to their followers, the author of the database novel calls their own authority into question. This reduces the distance between reader and writer, the latter encouraging the former to pursue the rhizome that mutually links th... See more

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bring guided learning to authentic contexts

, rather than thinking of it as a separate activity. We’re able to make that happen by imagining an AI which can perceive and act across applications on Sam’s computer. And as the audio transcript at the end demonstrated, that can extend to activities outside the computer too. This AI can give a... See more

Alphabetical Diaries ’ organizational logic presents a rendering of contemporary life that appears asynchronous, atemporal, and acausal because of its departure from the paradigmatic engine that tends to drive narrative movement: time.