It is not that computers can never induce feelings in their audience, but that in so doing they raise the bar for what will eventually be perceived as unexceptional, thoughtless, predetermined.
an interview about instant messenger that takes place on instant messenger. the lesson is simple: writing is hard because it forces us to improve our thinking.
I Didn’t Want It to Be True, but the Medium Really Is the Message
What I admire about Metalabel is that you’re not just complaining about this, but you’re actually trying to build infrastructure that can help people cooperate better. Do you think tools and technologies can achieve that?
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We're launching a platform in the fall that will make the process of a group of people, creative people starting a gro... See more
Yancey Strickler on the wide chasm between theory and reality
feels like we’re watching the beginning of a scary polarization trend
the world feels everything accelerating
the group building the tech that’s going to change everyone’s lives is small
many outside that group will feel left out & polarize against it
Being online more than that just feels like a threat to my creativity. A therapist I interviewed recently told me that digital overconsumption interrupts one’s capacity to dream and create; not to mention, studies of phone addiction suggest that spending too much time hunting for new online trends dulls our ability to appreciate novelty in the real... See more