Knowledge Is Important: Skills are Essential
I explore the fundamental distinction between knowledge and physical action, arguing that while Large Language Models (LLMs) have expert knowledge across many topics, making them both specialists and generalists, actions in the physical world require a different kind of knowledge: specialized skills for real-world execution. Evolutionary forces naturally specialize living things to learn the skills necessary to survive within specific environmental niches.
donnorman1.substack.com
Understanding the moral status of digital minds
We don’t know how to assess whether future AI systems could have moral status.
80000hours.org
Digital Minds I: Issues in the Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science
This paper provides a contemporary introduction to issues in the philosophy of
mind and cognitive science that are studied within the emerging field of digital minds
research.
philpapers.org
businesses with ugly AI redesigns
I like supporting local businesses but it’s so disheartening to see the increasing use of genAI in their branding/marketing/etc. Yuck yuck YUCK!!!
blog.fiddery.com
AI Coding will Prevent Expertise | Lars Faye
The need for ongoing friction in long-term skill formation.
larsfaye.com
On Making
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This Conversation Is Being Recorded. They All Are.
People in tech use AI apps to record and transcribe meetings, workplace chats and even dates—all in the name of productivity
wsj.com
The biggest winners of the American economy fear they’re sinking fast
Waves of layoffs and growing pressure to automate jobs are creating existential panic in the tech industry. Economists say other white-collar workers are next.
washingtonpost.com
Never Enough
Comparison is the thief of joy.
dark.ronacher.eu
The Price of Happiness
What is the shape of the relationship between money and happiness, and what are its implications?
happiness-science.org
Ten Steps Towards Happiness
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Sarah Guo’s Wager – Colossus
Sarah Guo built Conviction into the venture firm closest to the AI frontier. Now she’s betting against its biggest companies.
colossus.com
What Clients Think 2026, Premium Edition, highlights beleaguered clients and AI scepticism
Each year, Up to the Light’s What Clients Think report helps provide creative agencies with a deep insight into how clients feel about their work. The free version is incredibly useful, but the author’…
designweek.co.uk
Why integrative intelligence, which goes way beyond IQ, is disappearing so fast.
Integrative intelligence distinguishes minds that make connections across disciplines. Why is it disappearing so fast?
psychologytoday.com
Could AI be conscious?
Experts believe it’s at least possible. We urgently need a plan to navigate the ethical implications
theguardian.com
Past and future presence; hedgelayer Paul Lamb’s timeless craft
A year of hedgelaying reveals more than just craft and skill.Hedgelaying begins with a billhook, a simple tool that cuts into the living material. The fibres part, the stem is bent and a living boundary is crafted into shape. It is akin to an act of reverence that carries with it many of the attributes of a medieval pilgrimage – an itinerant lifestyle, cold hands, damp cuffs and the faint smell of smoke from winter fires clinging to clothes. For Paul Lamb, though, author of
driftjournal.co.uk
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Oak Park Home and Studio: Everything You Need to Know About the Architect’s First Home
Located in Illinois, he first designed the residence at age 22 and lived in it for 20 years
architecturaldigest.com
They’re Ugly, Unproven, the Stuff of Hippies, Tech Bros, and Runners. Do They Actually Work?
After years of mockery and controversy, barefoot shoes are hotter than ever. Will our bodies thank us for it?
slate.com