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William Comfort Anderson
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“Content creators” as platform patsies. (Hello, Bluesky.)
Our conventional response to all media, namely that it is how they are used that counts, is the numb stance of the technological idiot. For the "content" of a medium is like the juicy piece of meat carried by the burglar to distract the watchdog of the mind.
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Alan Kay in 1977 might as well have been talking about AI in 2025 (via @hrheingold.bsky.social)
Children who have not yet lost much of their sense of wonder and fun have helped us to find an ethic about computing: Do not automate the work you are engaged in, only the materials. If you like to draw, do not automate drawing; rather, program your personal computer to give you a new set of paints. If you like to play music, do not build a "player piano"; instead program yourself a new kind of instrument.
October 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Vonnegut sprinkling several short story concepts/thought experiments throughout Breakfast of Champions reminds me of Invisible Cities.
Trout couldn't tell one politician from another one. They were all formlessly enthusiastic chimpanzees to him. He wrote a story one time about an optimistic chimpanzee who became President of the United States. He called it "Hail to the Chief." The chimpanzee wore a little blue blazer with brass buttons, and with the seal of the President of the United States sewed to the breast pocket.
September 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM