Adam Singer

This is a good perspective honestly

I do not like this trend. I've worked from wherever I wanted long before the pandemic and my pay was the same whether I was physically at an office or not. Don't accept less money for the same work, you are the sucker at the table if you do this

Conversation with Brian Eno & Ezra Klein A thoughtful discussion on the importance of art

Very much enjoyed the conversation with @ezraklein.bsky.social and Brian Eno. Worth adding to your playlist if you didn't listen www.hottakes.space/p/conversati...

No one has their thinking cap on Democratising creativity is a luxury belief

This is a compelling read pabulummill.substack.com/p/no-one-has...

Siberian Nights [downtempo / electronica mix: 2017] If you enjoyed this and want more, there's a handy playlist of all my mixes at: http://soundcloud.com/adamsinger/sets/adams-downtempo-mixes Downtempo / produced mix set including artists from a varie

Some vibes for your Sunday soundcloud.com/adamsinger/a...

You can't prompt your way to meaning AI isn't useless, but personal fulfillment from creative work is equal to what was sacrificed to make it

Relevant once again this week: you can't prompt your way to meaning. AI certainly isn't useless, but I find my personal fulfillment from creative work is equal to what was sacrificed to make it. More thoughts on this topic... www.hottakes.space/p/you-cant-p...

All their products are so good

The inbound marketing era is ending Free traffic and attention was a generous and fun window of time, but the party is over

New on the blog, the inbound marketing era is ending (free traffic & attention was fun, but the party is over) www.hottakes.space/p/the-inboun...

wouldn't be me (even if I had more money)

Is Mid-20th Century American Culture Getting Erased? They call it the "Greatest Generation"—so why is its art disappearing?

"The web has cultivated an impatience with that weight of the past. You might even say that it conveys a hatred of the past." www.honest-broker.com/p/is-mid-20t...

The latent cultural function of technologies We don’t abandon the old because it’s obsolete or inefficient, it only goes away when its cultural roots dry up

This week's longform idea is on the latent cultural function of technologies www.hottakes.space/p/the-latent...

People are openly bragging about AI spam operations What stage of the cycle is this?

People are now openly bragging about blatant AI webspam operations. It's brazenly sociopathic, and incredibly dystopian. We've actually seen this movie before www.hottakes.space/p/people-are...

hah it's me, I'm the person it's me (the summary was indeed accurate)

I didn't like the older model 3 or Y either but the new ones are much better (waiting to own an EV in general was a good idea, they are all much much better now across brands)

I don't disagree with you at all, however there are indeed many who could afford kids and elect not to as well

On commitment Your life is only bad if you can't commit to things, and we have a crisis of commitment in modernity

New longform idea for the week: your life is only bad if you can't commit to things, and we have a crisis of commitment in modernity www.hottakes.space/p/on-commitm...

when will WSB turn it into a meme stock

What's really going on in marketing People hate feeling like the professional managerial class is destroying the world

What's really going on in marketing (it's actually not political, it's visceral) www.hottakes.space/p/whats-real...

I unfollow or block anyone who shares this stuff. But what's interesting is I see it *suggested* by the internet algos. Seems stupid. Why would they not suggest & encourage their human-creators to make more? I think eventually people will tire of the AI slop - it's just webspam!

Correct, and anyway we could prompt the AI ourselves if we really wanted this type of output. If I am going to sit down and read something I want to read another human's thoughts which are uniquely strange and their own

Writing is thinking Fully outsourcing your writing to AI is a slow erosion of personal agency and autonomy

Fully outsourcing your writing to AI is a slow erosion of personal agency and autonomy www.hottakes.space/p/writing-is...

Also just ask the AI "are you sure about this" and you start to see how frequently it's just guessing

“ChatGPT adoption did not reduce Google Search usage….people did not substitute their typical Googling with ChatGPT-ing.

In fact, there was a slight increase in average Google Search usage after ChatGPT adoption”

Turns out, people aren't morons and know to verify what the AI says

lol that first story is incredibly hilarious just make internet friends or go to a coffee shop or something it's not that hard

enjoyed this and laughed out loud at the "emergency" episode one (someone I listen to does this now and again and ..it's just a normal episode!)

Caring about rarity is an evolutionary quirk I don't really care about material rarity and so don't collect things or buy expensive watches, but you might - if only because you evolved to

This week's longform idea, we're talking about rarity, and how this evolutionary quirk is used to sell you expensive bags people line up to buy www.hottakes.space/p/caring-abo...

How domesticated will we become? Some is actually important for society to function, but diminishing returns are real, and we don't know the line

This week's longform idea, we're talking about how domesticated humans will become. I'm not the first person to ask this question, but everyone should think more about it www.hottakes.space/p/how-domest...

YouTube video by Veritasium How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet

welp, they've ruined microwave popcorn for me www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC2e...

The inefficient and fake market of media and influencers Legacy trades are overpriced, influencers are unserious, and AI bros are building fake prestige

New story this week, writing on the inefficient and fake market of media and influencers www.hottakes.space/p/the-ineffi...

Should have kept to 280 characters