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I've been in Kyoto (and Himeji) for about four weeks and the cafes, and local roasters, have really improved. There are so many of them. So, in no particular order, here are the ones I recommend: Goodman Roaster, nice place, first time with rain outside, just like a lofi cafe, but real About us, very nice design in old house, amazing top floor Nijō-koya, impossible to find without Google Maps,…
Interesting reading by Derek Thompson, first the cult of the enhanced self , then also the monks in the casino
26 Rules to Be a Better Thinker in 2026 : "The irony of AI, this cutting-edge technology, is that it makes the humanities more valuable than ever. It makes brainpower even more important. Reading. Knowing things. Having taste. Understanding context. Detecting lies or nonsense. In short: being a discerning, critical, clear thinker." Well Being in Times of Algorithms : interesting blog and personal…
AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism : the conclusions are too strong, but most of the article feels spot on. AI slop is so cringe...
Finally a post that comes close to my feeling about LinkedIn: Sunny Days Are Warm: Why LinkedIn Rewards Mediocrity You Exist In The Long Context, by Steven Johnson : this seems like a useful use of LLMs. I highly recommend reading Oliver Burkeman, in particular his book four thousand weeks, and subscribing to his newsletter There's no such thing as a fresh start Treat your to-read pile like a…
Can We Still Recover the Right to Be Left Alone? https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/lowry-pressley-right-to-oblivion/# Refusing Tech Fascism by Jürgen Geuter aka @tantehttps://error417.expectation.fail/406/tech-fascism-not-acceptable/essay-refusing-tech-fascism-by-tante The Internet of Consent https://www.anildash.com/2025/05/27/internet_of_consent/ Working less is the most underrated…
I recently found a mention of the Dead Internet theory , which is "a conspiracy theory that asserts, due to a coordinated and intentional effort, the Internet now consists mainly of bot activity and automatically generated content manipulated by algorithmic curation to control the population and minimize organic human activity". The thing is that it feels more and more real with more and more…
The Inequality Myth – Western Societies Are Growing More Equal, Not Less The Deathbed Fallacy Beyond Hope , how to go beyond hope/despair in our current crises Updated 19/05/25
Here is (the start of) a list of good advices and things to read: Merlin's Wisdom Project Kevin Kelly's excellent advices for living and 101 additional advices (see excerpts from the Marginalian )
Reading this article by the New Yorker on enjoying cycling at one's own pace and against the spandexization and enshittification of cycling (see the issues with tech-dependent proprietary bikes like the Van Moof). See also the Calling in sick magazine mentioned in the article.