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Quote of the week

“Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”

- Voltaire

Down the Rabbit Hole

There's a new tool out there called RabbitHole, which allows you to visually pull on strings as you search. It is quite entertaining and has a great UI. Try searching something that has always troubled or interested you.

I started looking into cancer and why we don't have a cure yet. The threads that ensued informed me on the complexity but also all of the possible upcoming advances.

To me, this is how learning should work. Pulling on strings until you've exhausted all avenues, then moving to the next string to pull some more. It's super entertaining, I just wish there was a more extensive free trial.


Check out the tool here.

Meme of the week

AI Brain Fog

There is an interesting concept that I think we'll look back on 10 years from now as a potential huge societal issue. That is the concept of AI Brain Fog - the wearing down of people's ability to think over time due to excessive AI usage.

You can imagine where this is hitting most - our schools. Kids no longer have to read books to answer questions about them. They no longer have to sit in front of a blank Word doc struggling over the opening sentence of their 10-page essay.

When this basic thinking process is removed, it certainly can lead to the desired output, but it rarely leads to the desired outcomes. The purpose of writing an essay is to excersize your brain, bringing thoughts together and sparking creativity. When that's taken away from us, what's left? Check out the article and draw your own conclusions.

Easier ≠ Better

I stumbled across a brilliant post by Leah Tharin and Kristen Berman that discusses the attachment certain products drive when requiring work from humans. I find this fascinating and a great thought experiment for the products I work on.

Everything is branded as AI and Automation nowadays, requiring humans to do less and less. Saving time. Saving money. Letting you do more creative work and all that. While this works for marketing and sales, it may not be the best approach for actual product. I've linked the article below.

Check it out!

Two for One Special

Researchers have made two groundbreaking strides toward more sustainable rice farming. A team in Chile has developed a novel growing technique that slashes water consumption by 50%, while a collaboration between Chinese and Swedish scientists has engineered a rice variety that lowers methane emissions by 70%. These innovations could have a profound global impact, as rice cultivation accounts for 12% of methane emissions worldwide and consumes nearly one third of the planet's freshwater supply.

Quick Tip

Are you annoyed when your iPhone asks for in-app ratings and reviews every time you use an app? Check out this guide on how to disable them and make sure to share! Credit: @nickgraynews on X

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