I just now realized it. If we take Scott McCloud’s idea of icons being the void and being personal to anyone, then the idea of Maestro McLuhan on the world becoming more iconic in electric age, then we get why I concluded that being a punk or a nerd is now a matter of themes and all people are generic. That also explains Hans-Georg Moeller’s Profilicity!
Patoo has given birth to at least three new little angels. I’m so sad I cannot see them during the fucking thing.
I just noticed that I’m in love with UNI, the company. When I was young, UNI Ball Eye used to be the only thing I loved to write with. At high school, it became the UNI Pin. While these days I use fountain pens, the UNI Kuru Toga is my favorite pencil, and UNI Signo is my favorite gel pen. It is so fascinating that all of them are from the same company.
One of the great benefits of AI tools, is they allow anyone to build stuff… Even if they have no ideas or knowledge.
One of the great drawbacks of AI tools, is they allow anyone to build stuff… Even if they have no ideas or knowledge.
The value of human thinking is going down. You probably knew this. The corollary is rarely mentioned: the value of a human eyeball is going up, because there are only so many of them and there are now infinite things that want to be looked at.