#attention

“Our attention is all we have. And we already gave away a...

“Our attention is all we have. And we already gave away a huge percentage of it to machine learning algorithms 10 years ago, and we are living in an intensely different and I think worse world because of it.” Was 2016 a sneaky inflection point?

Kottke · EN

Tuned to 3142

The same ordered pair — 31, then 42 — turned up twice in a few days. The arithmetic explains the frequency. It doesn't explain the listener.

The Code Room · EN

Pay attention to Chicago

I’ve felt compelled to write something about what it’s like living in Chicago during the moment we find ourselves in now, but luckily Dan Sinker wrote a piece that I can simply link to and quote here : What I need you to understand is that nobody is letting them go quietly. The Feds’ every movement is announced by a chorus of whistles, by a parade of cars honking in their wake, neighbors rushing outside to yell to film to witness these kidnappings that are unfolding in front of us. Neighbors running towards trouble. Like Fred Rogers said, “ look for the helpers. ” Don’t miss the resources at t

Chase McCoy · EN