Washing Machine is the gold standard of a life-changing technology. Can AI do better? Should we be more like Amish? Plus U-shaped theory of tools.
Category Archives: Tech & Psychology
Personal Logistics
We need personal logistics gurus.
Work of Art in the age of mechanical reproduction
Is AI art “Art”? In my quest for answers, I dug up 1935 essay titled “Work of Art in the age of mechanical reproduction”
Boring Innovation
Real progress is boring, unsexy and incremental. It’s time for some boring innovation.
Discussing Elon is tedious now
At this point, discussing Elon becomes counterproductive: It becomes a tangled mess of opinions about a broad area of topics that really have little to do with the man himself.
Principles for reading
We are not well adapted to the world of abundance. In the past, information was scarce and valuable.
But in marvelous lands of modernity, we have access to way too much content. Just like with food, we must learn to consume it mindfully and responsibly.
Here are my principles for reading
Human Memory and Academic Writing
Why human memory is so bad? What can you do about it? Why should you publish your notes as a student?
Read in 71st issue of the Deliberate Internet.
Bigscreen Codecs for VR cinema
Bigscreen will accept h265 codec for video and aac for audio. Learn how to reencode your video with ffmpeg.
What is an Algorythm?
What is an Algorythm? What does it have to do with Facebook or Instagram? Is it bad?
How to set up a Gmail custom domain for free
Set up gmail on your own domain, for free with email forwarding.
I’ve been doing it for 10 years, aggregating all my addresses in one place.