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To sum it all up for the TL;DR crowd, here’s what we did:-Create consensus that there is a problem and alignment around pursuing a solution -Create a unified view of all existing work
sharedphysics.com • When Everything is Important But Nothing is Getting Done
Dear Sublime,
I have to confess that you have been a little bit my equivalent of a nicotine patch for quitting the infinite scrolling of Instagram—it was getting bad this year. Like phone falling on my face while falling asleep kind of bad. I don't know why I got so into doomscrolling and couldn't stop—my personal hunch is that its algorithm is
... See moreThe modern factory system can be considered the greatest technological innovation of its time, encouraging shifts from the agricultural sector to manufacturing and transforming many cities into industrial centres. Yet, many authors argue that despite major transformations brought about by these technological innovations, overall social mobility... See more
L'Atelier • Economic opportunities for our avatars | Social Mobility in the Digital Age | L'Atelier
Small teams have a good reason to stay focused, since there's usually not enough people to do much beyond whatever is absolutely essential to the vision. This focus reinforces a shared drive for simplicity, and teams inherently build components thoughtfully in an attempt to save other people’s time.
George Kedenburg III • The Cost of Craft
We can serve as a discovery service, not just based on prior customer relationships, but also geography — especially for physical retail stores that use Shopify for their e-commerce — and eventually a personalized taste graph.
Dan Frommer • Shopify’s uninspired vision of the future of shopping
But what really blows my noodle is how rare AI skepticism still is in the media. One year ago, ChatGPT was opened to the public. The onslaught of overheated and careless rhetoric about our imminent ascent to a new plane of existence (or our imminent extermination) began then and has not slowed since. It’s inherent to the financial interests of... See more
Freddie deBoer • Where Are the AI Skepticism Stories?
despite the tech, “we’re still just living ordinary lives like we always have”
We can already make plastic from plants and by then we’ll be much better at doing that. Most oil is used for fuel — just 4–8% goes towards making plastics anyway
Robert Wiblin • What You Think About Landfill and Recycling Is Probably Totally Wrong
“human-powered discovery engine for interestingness.”