Tanuj

I’m not talking about being afraid of space. That is a completely different thing. That's called astrophobia. Cosmic vertigo isn’t about fear of planets, aliens, darkness, or empty expanses. In fact, it’s not about fear at all. It is about awe.

Technology is not neutral. These tools, processes and systems favour some paths and necessarily disfavour others. The technology-maker decides what to value and endorse, helping to perpetuate some moral slant or system. Even if two technologies have the same ends, differing paths can generate divergent consequences — Facebook and Instagram might... See more

I developed the idea of a “workbench note.” The idea was to have a temporary staging space for collecting ideas that I could then remix and add to.

Disruptive innovations have weird metabolisms. They have a cost structure and product-market fit that are alien—even toxic—to incumbents, like blue-green algae eating sunlight and generating oxygen. Incumbent companies can’t adapt to it. It’s not in their DNA.

an intriguing possibility – using a proxy for human thought as an optimization target for creating human-like artificial intelligence.

“I want to challenge us all to have greater ambitions for the web. I want the web to reflect our hopes and fulfill our dreams, rather than magnify our fears and deepen our divisions.”

To read Apple books, you need an Apple device, and not everyone has one. But shouldn’t the book be the most accessible and durable medium of all?

“Alice” turns storytelling on its head by making narratives non-linear and participatory.

Beware though. Don’t confuse knowing the name of something with knowing something.