Deep insights, Mr. Hamburger. How do we use to our benefit the machine we're building, which continues to move at an exponential rate, impossible to keep up with? Would love to hear more of your thoughts on slowing down and not letting the algorithm control us, but instead inform us, on our terms.
I don’t think the answer is to outrun the machine. We won’t. Velocity is built into its design. Exponential systems do what they’re designed to do. The real leverage point is sovereignty. Create before you consume. Go to the source before the feed. Head outside before you head online.
The algorithm is optimized for engagement. Your nervous system is optimized for coherence. Used intentionally, it can expand perspective and connect ideas. Used passively, it narrates our attention for us.
If the machine accelerates, our advantage is depth. Depth doesn’t compete with speed. It tempers it with understanding.
Beautifully written 💖 I love the stillness before dawn, the green tea, the thin air. It grounds the argument in the physical and lived before you move into abstraction. That contrast between stars and screen is clean and effective 🫶💖✨
Deep insights, Mr. Hamburger. How do we use to our benefit the machine we're building, which continues to move at an exponential rate, impossible to keep up with? Would love to hear more of your thoughts on slowing down and not letting the algorithm control us, but instead inform us, on our terms.
I don’t think the answer is to outrun the machine. We won’t. Velocity is built into its design. Exponential systems do what they’re designed to do. The real leverage point is sovereignty. Create before you consume. Go to the source before the feed. Head outside before you head online.
The algorithm is optimized for engagement. Your nervous system is optimized for coherence. Used intentionally, it can expand perspective and connect ideas. Used passively, it narrates our attention for us.
If the machine accelerates, our advantage is depth. Depth doesn’t compete with speed. It tempers it with understanding.
Beautifully written 💖 I love the stillness before dawn, the green tea, the thin air. It grounds the argument in the physical and lived before you move into abstraction. That contrast between stars and screen is clean and effective 🫶💖✨