Severin Matusek
@severinmatusek
Writer and strategist, founder of co—matter
co-matter.comSeverin Matusek
Layoffs. Side hustles. Freelancers everywhere. Elaborate new titles.
What even is a “career path” now?I don’t think this is just a downturn
It's not a glitch, it’s a whole new operating system
“market but also all risk borne on individuals not orgs and with that the loss of expertise building, domain knowledge, and institutional knowledge. It means everyone will eventually be starting from scratch with every process on ever project, ending up in the same problem crypto people have where they are constantly "inventing" things that have existed for centuries.”
Although chaotically inclined individuals score highly in a popular measure for loneliness, they don’t seem to seek the obvious remedy. “What they’re reaching out to get isn’t friendship at all but rather recognition and status,” Petersen said. For many socially isolated men in particular, for whom reality consists primarily of glowing screens in... See more
Derek Thompson • The Anti-Social Century
posting became policy
kyla scanlon • Trump, Mamdani, and Cluely
A number of recent studies, while small in scale, have suggested that we grieve the loss of friction that comes from skipping over time-intensive or frustrating tasks, particularly in creative scenarios.
The productivity paradox: why AI won’t speed up creative work
Author Cory Doctorow coined the term "enshittification" to describe the gradual decline of services as they prioritize value extraction over value creation for users, a process he views as an inevitable consequence of platform capitalism.
subvert.fm • Subvert
To read these writers writing about AI writing is to witness, almost in real time, intellectual laborers assimilating a threat to their own existence.
https://www.nplusonemag.com/author/lisajborstgmail-com/ • Large Language Muddle
The internet works but not for us. This much is painstakingly obvious and has been for years. And yet, where are the better alternatives?