we've started to see this movement if so many ways; the surge of film cameras being sold, the increased popularity of record players, instagram posts being less poised... culture always has a way of snapping back.
I cut my teeth on freshman essays at Dartmouth back in 1973. Being from a family whose grandparents raised potatoes on a homestead in New Mexico, I just assumed the right white boys from New England (not many women yet at D, and definitely not a lot of not-rich families back then) were well educated. NOT. Then I edited and proof read many, many scholarly articles for the MacArthur series on digital media and learning about 30 years later, and, well, the silliest mistakes were the most fun in otherwise academic contributions. I used to look for intelligence in posts here and there but, well, it's been slopped out. Thanks for, once again, not feeling as though my instincts have been blunted in my dotage.
Love, love, love. So many times, how we write reflects what we believe. And yes, all that complexity--ugly word choices, wacko metaphors (guilty here!) and the magic of logical leaps--all that reflects how we think. There's a school of thought that argues that simply teaching kids to read and write at a very young age implicitly gives them a template for thinking about the universe. I am comfortable with that framing, in part because it feels like a very flexible, organic framework. However letting AI instantly mould every thought seems as constraining as automation. And worse: it puts thinking into a straightjacket. Keep writing free and wild! Thanks Tony!
Lovely post Tony. You had me at the Gaga quote. Hat-tip to Jen Carolan for sharing on Linkedin.
we've started to see this movement if so many ways; the surge of film cameras being sold, the increased popularity of record players, instagram posts being less poised... culture always has a way of snapping back.
I cut my teeth on freshman essays at Dartmouth back in 1973. Being from a family whose grandparents raised potatoes on a homestead in New Mexico, I just assumed the right white boys from New England (not many women yet at D, and definitely not a lot of not-rich families back then) were well educated. NOT. Then I edited and proof read many, many scholarly articles for the MacArthur series on digital media and learning about 30 years later, and, well, the silliest mistakes were the most fun in otherwise academic contributions. I used to look for intelligence in posts here and there but, well, it's been slopped out. Thanks for, once again, not feeling as though my instincts have been blunted in my dotage.
Love, love, love. So many times, how we write reflects what we believe. And yes, all that complexity--ugly word choices, wacko metaphors (guilty here!) and the magic of logical leaps--all that reflects how we think. There's a school of thought that argues that simply teaching kids to read and write at a very young age implicitly gives them a template for thinking about the universe. I am comfortable with that framing, in part because it feels like a very flexible, organic framework. However letting AI instantly mould every thought seems as constraining as automation. And worse: it puts thinking into a straightjacket. Keep writing free and wild! Thanks Tony!
Very punk rock conceptually. I dig.