Barrett

Gratuitous #kitten yawn for #Caturday

Dear product managers,

If you are prioritizing adding #AI to your product over basic functionality like correctly calculating and displaying energy flow, YOU ARE PRIORITIZING THE WRONG THING.

A tool for tracking, and avoiding, IRL #enshittification : https://ledger.worseonpurpose.com/

I’ve been thinking for a while about how sci-fi serves a predictive function, allowing us to “war game” scenarios and response options. The Extrapolated Futures Archive puts some data to that idea and has built a searchable interface for finding fictional precedents for scenarios: https://urubos.github.io/efa-site/index.html #NeatDataTools

After reading the linked article here, I’ve purchased the book “Mini-Forest Revolution “ which supposedly provides a primer on how to actually grow a forest following these principles. I’m aware of research casting doubt on some of the claims, but my main interest is plant density for sound insulation and privacy and this approach seems to accomplish that. We’ll see. https://kottke.org/26/05/0048869-pocket-forests #miyawakiforests

This is the way. #water #sustainability https://reasonstobecheerful.world/water-recycling-interview/#

The earth has an important message for us