Richard Hemmer

"So if you have to work on something that’s cognitively demanding, the rule has to be zero context shifts during that period. Treat it like a dentist appointment. You can’t check your email when you’re having a cavity filled. You have to see it that way." - Honestly one of the best ways to frame it. The whole interview is quite enlightening. #

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I enjoyed "The Banshees of Inisherin", but this lengthy analysis does have a point #

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Might seem trivial, but they have a point about how Santos dresses. #

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A very thorough interview with the late and great David Crosby. #

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"Our language is entangled with our living, and the decay of one entails that of the other." - A short little essay on the importance of reading poetry. #

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A few great suggestions here. "No Logo", for example, had a very similar effect on me as described by Gaia Vince. #

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This is great: books that are in the public domain formatted nicely, checked for errors and available for free. #

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You, too, might have heard that pizza boxes shouldn't be recycled. Turns out, you most probably can. #

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Generative AI is a big thing these days, and while ChatGPT or some image generators get most of the attention, there's actually a thriving ecosystem with loads of smaller players out there. #

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Runiversalis pretends to be an alternative to Wikipedia, but in reality it's just propaganda. And it's not doing too well. #

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"There’s a phrase we use for a huge amount of speech, and that is “lawful but awful.” It might hurt people’s mental health, incite harm, or be really mean, like bullying, but it’s not technically illegal. We’re a private company, so I guess we could host it if we wanted to, but you need to think about your responsibility to society and to your users." Great interview with Matt Mullenweg, who, if you're in the market for admiring anyone, should be it. #

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I'm a sucker for those "Expert for xy breaks down movie scenes depicting xy", and this one with David Copperfield is a prime example. Bonus: the man has such a soothing voice. #

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The shadow of the Mechanical Turk still looms large. #

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