Mark Carrigan<p><strong>Apple’s bleak sales pitch for embedding GenAI into iOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m0MoYKwVTM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m0MoYKwVTM</a></p><p>I couldn’t agree more with<a href="https://gloriamark.substack.com/p/outsourcing-our-minds?" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> this response from Gloria Mark</a>: </p><blockquote><p>Apple’s message is clear: this is the promise of AI—you can be your unfiltered, lazy self. Say whatever you want—AI will refine it for you, smoothing out the rough edges so you won’t get fired. The deeper message in the ad is that AI will reinterpret and align your values with the corporation’s. You won’t need to do the work to examine your inner core values—AI will convert them into something socially acceptable for the workplace.</p><p>Warren represents cognitive surrender. He’s not just using AI to fix his grammar; he is relinquishing his agency—it’s outsourced to the machine. His restlessness isn’t just a quirk—it’s a symptom of intellectual decay, and he doesn’t even realize it.</p><p><a href="https://gloriamark.substack.com/p/outsourcing-our-minds?" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gloriamark.substack.com/p/outsourcing-our-minds?</a></p></blockquote><blockquote><p>The utopian vision of generative AI is that it reduces the amount of information that we need to process, freeing up attentional resources that we can use for other important things. Perhaps there will be less need for cognitive enhancement drugs like Adderall. But will we actually utilize this newfound mental bandwidth productively, given our propensity for laziness? Or will we rather become like Warren, the individual that Apple is selling us–a person whose mind has atrophied, passively watching and allowing AI to think for him?</p><p>It’s a slippery slope. Who can resist a machine that tirelessly works for us without making us feel the guilt of delegation? And when we do have free time, will we really pick up a copy of <em>War and Peace</em> or will we scroll on our smartphones or binge watch TV instead? Warren’s short attention span and his distractions are not just a quirk; it’s a warning.</p><p>The real danger as we outsource more of our mental effort to AI, is that we lose agency over our own cognitive abilities. AI is a technological breakthrough, but it’s altering the very way we think. We’re speeding forward in this new world of AI barely noticing how the landscape is shifting. While concerns about privacy, ethics, values, environmental impact, and job displacement have dominated discussions on AI, I’m struck by how we have not yet talked much about how it can affect our cognition.</p><p><a href="https://gloriamark.substack.com/p/outsourcing-our-minds?" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gloriamark.substack.com/p/outsourcing-our-minds?</a></p></blockquote><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/automation/" target="_blank">#automation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/generative-ai/" target="_blank">#generativeAI</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/laziness/" target="_blank">#laziness</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/surrender/" target="_blank">#surrender</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/thinking/" target="_blank">#Thinking</a></p>
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UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/16810/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/16810/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> What Are Thoughts? Exploring the Mystery of the Mind <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BrainResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrainResearch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cognition</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/consciousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consciousness</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DeepLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepLearning</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MachineLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MachineLearning</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/neurobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurobiology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheConversation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheConversation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/thoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thoughts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Douglas E. Welch<p>Curiosity: The neglected trait that drives success via BBC [Shared]</p><p>On 7 January 1918 at New York’s Hippodrome, the incredible illusionist Harry Houdini unveiled one of his most famous tricks – the vanishing elephant – in front of thousands of spectators.</p><p>The beast in question, Jennie, reportedly weighed 10,000 pounds (4,536kg). She raised her trunk in greeting, before a stagehand led her into a huge cabinet and closed the doors behind them. After a dramatic drum roll, the doors reopened – and the cabinet was now empty. To the thousands of spectators, it seemed that she had vanished into thin air. </p><p>How could Houdini have managed to hide such an enormous animal? No one at the time could provide a definitive explanation of what had happened, though there is one predominant theory.</p><p><a href="http://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/04/11/curiosity-the-neglected-trait-that-drives-success-via-bbc-shared/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">welchwrite.com/blog/2025/04/11</span><span class="invisible">/curiosity-the-neglected-trait-that-drives-success-via-bbc-shared/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/curiousity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>curiousity</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thinking</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/trait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trait</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/career" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>career</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/shared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shared</span></a></p>
formuchdeliberation<p>"Does liberation have a door, and is that door ever opened? Can life’s occupants ever bask in aspects of decision and choice, or must they be forever imprisoned behind some Jericho’s wall of dictums and theories?..." </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/opinions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opinions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Thoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thoughts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/liberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fmdnetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fmdnetwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/individualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>individualism</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://write.as/for-much-deliberation/in-these-times-of-un-thinking" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">write.as/for-much-deliberation</span><span class="invisible">/in-these-times-of-un-thinking</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>But what if I want a faster horse?</p><p><a href="https://rakhim.exotext.com/but-what-if-i-really-want-a-faster-horse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rakhim.exotext.com/but-what-if</span><span class="invisible">-i-really-want-a-faster-horse</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fasterhorse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fasterhorse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mindset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mindset</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>change</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/outside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outside</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/the" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>the</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/box" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>box</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creativity</span></a></p>
ned haughton<p>I don't use LLMs for anything meaningful (I have tried them, just to help understand how they work). I think the reason is something like this:</p><p>1. In would be really keen on a computer <-> brain interface. The possibilities are fascinating.</p><p>2. But only if it was:<br> - open source, <br> - understandable (not black-box), and <br> - not corporate-controlled.<br>So neuralink is a fuck no. I think the visceral discomfort with and repulsiveness of the idea of someone like Elon Musk having direct access to your brainstem should be obvious to anyone half-sane.</p><p>3. LLMs are not quite the same thing, but they are definitely in some kind of uncanny-valley of similarity. The link is linguistic, and not electrical, but that's just one level of abstraction away. And they fail all three criteria in point 2 (at least all of the commercial ones do, I don't have the energy or impetus to set up my own, I'd rather just do the learning myself).</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/neuralink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuralink</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a></p>
yaggadagga<p>Okay, I think I'm stuck. I've moved all my thermostats (4 heating zones, 1 AC zone) to <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeAssistant</span></a> sensors and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/nodered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nodered</span></a> automations. The only thing I can't figure out is how to replicate a "hold". In other words, if a user changes the temperature via the homeassistant UI, the node-red automations suspend for x amount of time. </p><p>I see there is a 'currentUser' val, but I it's the same in NR as my HA login. Maybe it's tied to the long access token? </p><p>Processing out loud... <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/automation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automation</span></a></p>
Allen Tien, MD, MHS mdlogix.com 94,698<p>"Feedback from teachers ... suggests that the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23philosophy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> sessions created an opportunity to engage with pupils and develop a whole <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23school" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#school</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23culture" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#culture</a> of <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23thinking" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thinking</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23listening" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#listening</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23speaking" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#speaking</a>, using <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23logical" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#logical</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23arguments" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arguments</a>"
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Steve Henderson Fine Art<p>She stopped in the midst of placing the pin in her hair, suddenly struck by a thought that she needed to intently run through in her mind.</p><p>Have you ever done that? Needed to think something through so fixedly that you can't move anything beyond the blinking of your eyes?</p><p>Truly amazing, are the human mind and spirit.</p><p>The Hairpin canvas print -- <a href="https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/the-hairpin-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/f</span><span class="invisible">eatured/the-hairpin-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buyintoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buyintoart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ayearforart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ayearforart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woman</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/home" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>home</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bedroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bedroom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/portrait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portrait</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/charcoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charcoal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drawing</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ideology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ideology</span></a> May Not Be What You Think but How You’re Wired </p><p>In her new book, “The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ideological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ideological</span></a> Brain,” the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/neuroscientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscientist</span></a> Leor Zmigrod outlines what makes some people prone to rigid <a href="https://mas.to/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/science/ideology-neuroscience-politics-zmigord.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/08/science</span><span class="invisible">/ideology-neuroscience-politics-zmigord.html</span></a></p>
Animated Short Of The Day<p>3:45 PM (2021) [3 min] by Alisha Liu | <a href="https://socel.net/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59qxVs91y7s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=59qxVs91y7</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://socel.net/tags/2D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2D</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/2DAnimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2DAnimation</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/AnimatedShort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnimatedShort</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/AnimatedShortOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnimatedShortOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Animation</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thinking</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Meaning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meaning</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/CalArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CalArts</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/CaliforniaInstituteOfTheArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaliforniaInstituteOfTheArts</span></a></p>
Douglas E. Welch<p>How To Be More Intelligent 101 via Nicholas Bate [Shared]</p><p>1. Read staggering amounts, regularly returning to the classics both fiction and non-fiction. <br>2. Write your own notes of your daily learnings aiming for super concise summaries. In that way you must squeeze and reveal the essence of a subject. <br>3. Stay active during the day. That’s not just ‘go to the gym’. Stay active; you’ll notice the ideas flowing so much more quickly and easily.</p><p>Plus 100 more!
<br><a href="https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/04/07/how-to-be-more-intelligent-101-via-nicholas-bate-shared/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">welchwrite.com/blog/2025/04/07</span><span class="invisible">/how-to-be-more-intelligent-101-via-nicholas-bate-shared/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/intelligent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligent</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thinking</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/creative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creative</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creativity</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/pdf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pdf</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/shared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shared</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/advice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advice</span></a></p>
Nick East (Indie Writer)<p>Don't poke the Bearistotle 😂 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/philosophy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>philosophy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/memes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>memes</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/thinkingaboutthinking" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thinkingaboutthinking</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ThinkingMemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkingMemes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Memes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humour</span></a></p><p>By: <a href="https://www.cbbcomic.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">cbbcomic.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“Truth Is Antisemitism. Protest Is Terrorism. Dissent Is Russian Propaganda”</p><p>by Caitlin Johnstone in Notes From The Edge Of The Imperial Matrix on Substack </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Truth</span></a> is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dissent</span></a> is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Critical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Critical</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peace</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ignorance</span></a> is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/strength" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strength</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/caitlinjohnstone/p/truth-is-antisemitism-protest-is?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/caitlinj</span><span class="invisible">ohnstone/p/truth-is-antisemitism-protest-is?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yemen</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Empire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Empire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imperialism</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>Second Opinions and Self-Deception<br>We're swift to recognize when other people need to think again. We question the judgement of experts whenever we seek out a second opinion on a medical diagnosis. Unfortunately, when it comes to our knowledge and opinions, we often favor feeling right over being right. In everyday life, we make diagnoses of our own, ranging from whom we hire to when we m<br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/04/06/second-opinions-and-self-deception/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/04/06/sec</span><span class="invisible">ond-opinions-and-self-deception/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookClub</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>QVQ-Max: Think with Evidence</p><p><a href="https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/qvq-max-preview/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">qwenlm.github.io/blog/qvq-max-</span><span class="invisible">preview/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QVQMax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QVQMax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evidence</span></a>-Based <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>Think Again – Adam Grant<br>In a world that seems to be going to hell in a hand basket maybe we need to stop valuing pure intelligence or money as a goal and instead look towards the ability to abandon ideas that are no longer valid and relearn when presented with new information.</p><p><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/book/think-again-adam-grant/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/book/think-aga</span><span class="invisible">in-adam-grant/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookreview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discussion</span></a></p>
beyond tellerrand<p>Everyday things that make you uncomfortable? Wait, shouldn't they be usable and make us feel comfortable. Well, surely Katerina Kamprani wants exactly this: make us think! But not only this, since her objects are going to put a smile on your face. Go and see yourself. <a href="https://beyondtellerrand.com/blog/speaker-intro-katerina-kamprani" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">beyondtellerrand.com/blog/spea</span><span class="invisible">ker-intro-katerina-kamprani</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/btconf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>btconf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dusseldorf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dusseldorf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ui</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/presentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presentation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/talk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>talk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beyondtellerrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beyondtellerrand</span></a></p>
Ollie Francis<p>This changed my approach to writing. <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a></p>
Futurist Jim Carroll<p>"Bumper sticker explanations of complicated issues are usually wildly inaccurate!" - Futurist Jim Carroll</p><p>There are a lot of people with instant insight on everything and yet who are experts at nothing.</p><p>Isn't that the way it goes?</p><p>If you spend any time talking with anyone today, it would seem that they are suddenly experts on tariffs and their impact on regional, national, and local economies. Everyone is offering up concise statements of what it means, where it will go, and what will happen. I prefer to listen to global trade experts and economists - folks who are trained in this stuff. In the same way, I'd rather listen to a PhD in vaccine medicine than some quack who gets his information off an obscure conspiracy theorist's Website.</p><p>That's why ideas like "trickle-down economics will work" statements are always such a false promise. The notion that tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations automatically benefit everyone has been repeatedly challenged by economic research showing limited "trickle-down" effects and increasing wealth inequality. And yet the bumper sticker wisdom lives on.</p><p>Why does this happen?</p><p>"Bumper sticker" phrases - catchy one-liners about complex issues - sacrifice accuracy for memorability. They fail to address the multiple perspectives, historical context, systemic factors, competing values, and technical details that complex problems involve. They often aren't based on much more than opinions.</p><p>The fact is, oversimplifying leads to:</p><p>- Overlooking cause-effect complexities</p><p>- Creating false either/or scenarios</p><p>- Substituting emotion for analysis</p><p>- Reinforcing existing beliefs</p><p>Good leaders know when simplicity works and when issues demand a deeper explanation. They engage with complexity and guide others through it thoughtfully. They also know that while bumper-sticker wisdom can be popular, it causes more problems than good.</p><p>Ironically, my statement about bumper stickers is itself a bumper sticker - though one that points out its limitations!</p><p>Perhaps we need simple reminders to look beyond simplicity.<br>**<a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Complexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Complexity</span></a>** **<a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Nuance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nuance</span></a>** **<a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Understanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Understanding</span></a>** **<a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Context" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Context</span></a>** **<a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Depth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Depth</span></a>** **<a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Oversimplification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oversimplification</span></a>** **<a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Analysis</span></a>** **<a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thinking</span></a>** **<a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Perspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perspective</span></a>** **<a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knowledge</span></a>**</p><p>Futurist Jim Carroll is willing to admit that perhaps many of his Daily Inspiration posts contain bumper-sticker wisdom. He lives and owns the contradiction.</p><p>Original post: <a href="https://jimcarroll.com/2025/04/decoding-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-bumper-sticker-explanations-of-complicated-issues-are-usually-wildly-inaccurate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jimcarroll.com/2025/04/decodin</span><span class="invisible">g-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-bumper-sticker-explanations-of-complicated-issues-are-usually-wildly-inaccurate/</span></a></p>
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