Likes An Almanac of Birds: 100 Divinations for …
I love Maria Popova’s journey from contempt to curiosity around divination. Once you stop clinging to logical analytic mind, you’ll find that the cards become a language for listening to…
a text-based ontologist operating in a medium where text is the universal substrate.
I love Maria Popova’s journey from contempt to curiosity around divination. Once you stop clinging to logical analytic mind, you’ll find that the cards become a language for listening to…
A jagged, unfiltered interview that treats AI less like a tool and more like a cultural rupture that is reshaping how we think, feel, and relate to each other. What…
The Sicily setting is the right place to encounter this story. There’s something about participating in ritual rather than simply reading about it that changes how the ideas land. You’re…
What struck me most reading this is how success keeps shedding its skin as we grow. Early on, it often looks like accumulation…status, security, recognition. Then, at some point (if…
There’s something quietly warm and fuzzy about sea otters holding hands while they sleep. Not for romance. Not for display. For physics. The ocean drifts. Bodies drift. Without that small,…
There is a quietly subversive move hiding in plain sight here. The essay looks like it’s arguing against AI, but the more interesting thing is that it is actually redefining…
Like Carl Richards I’ve never been a big fan of setting goals either for many of the reasons that he lists in the beginning of his podcast episode. But I…
There’s something almost monastic about this mechanic’s workshop. The tools arranged like sacred relics, the quiet rituals of tuning an engine, the slow work of bringing something worn and rusted…
blurring the lines between game and reality Imagine waking up one morning to an email that shouldn’t exist. A cryptic message from a character you’ve never met, hinting at a…
Here’s what the Beatles Rubber Soul album would have sounded like if it were recorded as a Motown album: h/t: https://bgr.com/entertainment/ai-turned-the-beatles-rubber-soul-into-a-motown-album-that-sounds-uncannily-real/
Wow! These photos from photographer Susan Kaufer Carey are stunning! Check out her full photo essay in the Edge of Humanity Magazine Likes https://edgeofhumanity.com/2025/02/04/reseeding/.
I came across a simple yet powerful idea from Lenny’s latest podcast where he interviews Shopify’s CEO, Tobi Lũtke: You are way, way better than you think. It’s the kind…
I’ve wrestled with this question for years. I want to make art for art’s sake, but I also want to be compensated for the value my art brings. That tension—between…
“The fear of being seen comes from the tension of being different. And that shadow gaze, it doesn’t know how to resolve this tension, except with the binary options of…
The internet has become a relentless cacophony of voices, ads, distractions, and demands for our attention. It’s a noisy, chaotic bazaar, and if we’re not careful, it can swallow us…
I love Bernie Gourley’s reading of this Wallace Stevens‘ poem: Of the Surface of Things Go listen to Bernie read and then come back for a closer look at the…
Likes Is NotebookLM—Google’s Research Assistant—the Ultimate Tool for Thought? – Ep.22 with Steven Johnson. This episode gets into it with Steven Johnson, best-selling author and AI innovator! He’s not just…
The algorithms have been good for a long time were good at herding us into different pens, and for the purposes of getting me to spend money, I’m fine with…
Intentional silence is not simply the absence of sound or action but an active state of presence. It’s a way of reclaiming time, thought, and identity. It’s a pause pregnant…
Tim reminds us of how important HTML is to the web. If you don’t have a subscription to Wired, you can listen to the audio of the article from this…