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Category Archives: Tech & Psychology
[Deliberate 116] – Guilt-free productivity system
In Deliberate Internet #116, I share a very simple productivity system designed to alleviate the guilt and fear of a giant-neverending-todo-monstrosity™
[Deliberate 115] – The marketplace of attention is inefficient
Modern world puts more demands on your attention than you can spare. The solution, as always, is more friends.
In Deliberate issue 115 I am musing on attention economy in family and on the Internet.
[Deliberate 112] Cringe, and the crushing force of Technology
In the 112th issue of Deliberate Internet, I extoll the Cringe, Dive deep into the Apple Crush ad and share how to be more Agentic
Is AI better than a washing machine?
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.
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