Yihui

People are becoming more average over time because we’re all consuming the same content curated for us by TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X and so on. This is often talked about as “algorithmic flattening,” and what that means is when we all consume the same inputs, we create similar outputs whether that’s in the form of art, startups, research, or... See more

People are becoming more average over time because we’re all consuming the same content curated for us by TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X and so on. This is often talked about as “algorithmic flattening,” and what that means is when we all consume the same inputs, we create similar outputs whether that’s in the form of art, startups, research, or... See more

I remember seeing a post about how normalized AI in advertisements making the company look cheap will mean real art will start becoming the standard for brands to seem more luxurious and it's really happening

Tech companies are succeeding in making us think of life itself as inconvenient and something to be continuously escaping from, into digital padded rooms of predictive algorithms and single-tap commands: Reading is boring; talking is awkward; moving is tiring; leaving the house is daunting. Thinking is hard. Interacting with strangers is scary.... See more

because the world saw me exuding the desire externally that I once held internally, it was now giving me what I wanted without my request

True, honest commitment is silent, patient, and has no witnesses. Time, in this equation only functions as a pinpoint on the map for memory . A remembering of hours toiling over a new skillset (a new chord progression, a verse that isn’t sitting right and so on). Nobody knows the number of times you may want to give up as you’re learning... See more

In order to know you are committed, and with reasons grounded in your values, there needs to be a sense of repetition— entregarte mil veces —a stack of hours (or a long line, depending on how you see it) to show you what has been done with your time. The fact that these words exist in tandem, in a bilingual way for me, also helps me understand how... See more