"This is how societies get dumber"
Shreya Shankar on how AI wears down our ability to verify what we read. When nobody can tell good from plausible, taste and trust go with it.
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Writing about healthier, more thoughtful relationships with technology. Brand and community strategist at 1Password by day, composer and photographer the rest of the time.
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My favourite technology of 2025 is a Casio watch
My favourite technology of the year isn't a phone or a camera. It's a solar-powered, radio-synced Casio that cost about $100 and never asks for attention.
Let’s listen to some music together
Let's listen to three tracks together: a Celtic-tinged string quartet, a maximalist Zedd song, and a patient, minimal build. Timestamps included.
"Atlas is a browser, but it is not a web browser"
Anil Dash calls OpenAI's Atlas an anti-web browser that turns you into ChatGPT's agent. From a security and privacy angle, that's the scariest part.
"If I forget how to be uncomfortable, I forget how to grow"
Jenny refuses AI to keep the friction that helps her grow. I see it as a tool we have to learn to use well, but her case for discomfort is hard to argue with.