The Normie’s Guide to Thinking About Tech
It’s become hard to talk about technology. Commentators have split themselves into two increasingly extreme teams: the pessimists and the optimists. But what about the rest of us who don’t hate technology but are wary of obvious harms? In today’s episode, Cal proposes a third option: technoselectionism.More from Cal
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Chapters
(0:00) Is technology good or bad?
(35:19) Applying digital minimalism to LLMs
(38:19) An overlooked negative impact of using too much AI
(40:22) A reformed relationship with social media
(42:20) An article about focus, writing spaces and New Yorker staff writers
(49:52) What Cal is up to
October Books:
Simplify (Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, Roy Schwartz)
Telephone (John Brooks)
Roll That Calls (Ari Emanuel)
Cancel Me If You Can (Dave Portnoy)
The Treeline (Ben Rawlence)
Resources Mentioned:
https://ludditebicentenary.blogspot.com/2012/04/12th-april-1812-letter-from-g-ludd-to.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://economics.mit.edu/sites/default/files/2024-04/Learning%20from%20Ricardo%20and%20Thompson%20-%20Machinery%20and%20Labor%20in%20the%20Early%20Industrial%20Revolution%20-%20and%20in%20the%20Age%20of%20AI.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/answering-the-techno-pessimists-complete?hide_intro_popup=true
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P4m8-9KJpTQ
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/its-time-to-dismantle-the-technopoly
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Credits:
Podcast Production: Jesse Miller
Newsletter/Research: Nate Mechler
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