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Is culture stagnating because of AI?
An interesting experiment from the journal Patterns details an experiment scientists conducted with self-referential loops similar to those used to power AI (in this experiment: image-text-image-text...). The findings reveal (to no one's surprise) that without outside intervention "autonomous AI feedback loops naturally drift toward common attractors — very generic-looking images, which we call 'visual elevator music.'" Logically, this makes sense. When you remove the poets,
4 days ago
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸?" 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 "𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘅 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀?"
I recently helped a client in the education space understand how parents and students select colleges and majors. Instead of asking parents to simply discuss the topic, I took a different approach. I handed them sticky notes, markers, and flip charts and a little direction. Then I watched eight strangers transform into collaborators, mapping out the college decision journey together – from that first Google search to final acceptance letters. In my opinion, this is the future
Jan 5
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲
I recently bought an espresso machine for my wife, thinking it would be a loving gesture and nice upgirade to her morning cuppa. What I didn't expect though was that I’d be the one to become enchanted by the rituals and routines required to make the perfect flat white or Americano. The grinding of beans, the tamping pressure, the gentle steaming of milk – none of this shows up in any purchase data or usage analytics. Yet these ritualistic experiences have transformed me from
Dec 17, 2025
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