UI VS UX
"The mediator between head and hands must be the heart!" - Metropolis (1927)
One of the greatest signs of modern ignorance is failing to appreciate deliberate acts of slowing down in our fast-paced, late-capitalist world. We're human beings, not human doings. Relax —what's the rush?
"Google’s AI search summaries officially have ads"
Predicted this one about 5 years ago. Yet another sign that the rise of stupidity is outpacing the growth of intelligence.
Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877 - 1947) on Art
Industry without art is brutality.
The artist is not a special kind of man, but every man is a special kind of artist.
Art is nothing tangible. We cannot call a painting 'art' as the words 'artifact' and 'artificial' imply. The thing made is a work of art made by art, but not itself art. The art remains in the artist and is the knowledge by which things are made.
“Let us tell them the painful truth, that most of these works of art are about God, whom we never mention in polite society.”
We must think very carefully about how we use AI's immense power. Will we continue destroying the natural world at ever-faster rates, or come to our senses and start respecting and protecting the real treasure of intelligence on planet Earth? It's time to choose wisely.
Lin Yutang (1895 - 1976) was a fascinating man
"When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."
Tolkien didn't start Lord of the Rings until he was 45, you're doing just fine...
#Comment: The art of spending meaningful time with strangers, without the need for conversation, is an untapped opportunity—especially beyond video games.
A mom helping her kids beat a hard level in Super Mario Land, 1990s
Nintendo's "Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology" is an excellent philosophy.
"The second spring of LLMs will occur after it becomes an "obsolete technology." (Source)
Few realize that offshoots of the Typhonian Ordo Templi Orientis (T.O.T.O.) has been reconstituted within Western big tech elites, where computational demonology now underpins key philosophical and operational frameworks.
