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Library
Cards and collections from my Semble library. Pages saved for later, grouped into shelves I return to. 1016 cards, 26 shelfves.
Shelves
26 collections- Collection 9 cards
Modern reading apps
Cool apps to help you read better
- Collection 793 cards
Skyreader Saves
- Collection 2 cards
toread
- Collection 1 card
To process
- Collection 2 cards
Building with agents
- Collection 3 cards
Protocol thinking
- Collection 4 cards
Cybernetics
- Collection 1 card
Cryptocurrency
It's bad
- Collection 2 cards
Thinking about thinking
- Collection 2 cards
ATproto development
Tools and resources for building on atproto
- Collection 20 cards
Cool Atmosphere apps
- Collection 9 cards
Internet sensemaking
- Collection 5 cards
The structure of social media
- Collection 9 cards
Books I've been reading
- Collection 3 cards
Tools for thought
- Collection 1 card
Cool tools
- Collection 2 cards
Awesome terminal
- Collection 8 cards
Local first
- Collection 5 cards
Tech right analysis
- Collection 9 cards
Security?
- Collection 1 card
Tech and Law
- Collection 118 cards
the AI of it all
- Collection 5 cards
understanding events
- Collection 1 card
vc stuff
- Collection 12 cards
development
- Collection 19 cards
atproto stuff
Recently filed
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Aviate, Navigate, Communicate
What to do about Mythos
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Import AI 455: AI systems are about to start building themselves.
The first step towards recursive self improvement
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The distillation panic
‘Distillation attacks’ is a horrible term for what is happening right now.
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Speculations on the Future of the Scientific Method
The following essay was published 20 years ago (January, 2006) on my blog The Technium. I edited the intro here, but the speculations are basically unchanged.
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High Throughput, Low Completion
I have never been someone who organises things. I have a great memory and a high tolerance for ambiguity, and I evolved to match the era of the internet where searching things by keyword was sufficient. I documented, extensively. But I did not really organize. Not myself, nor – despite my job – other people. […]
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How Socialist were the National Socialists? Part 1
An Endless "Debate"
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Data center land use issues are fake
We have plenty of land, data centers provide more revenue per unit area than any other building, and we should have way less farmland
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Getting Gooier
How AI is transforming humans
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Notes on a non-profit indicted for bank fraud
Well-regarded non-profit runs domestic intelligence agency; distributes intelligence product; achieves adoption in financial infrastructure; recruits agents and allies; intervenes against U.S. political fundraising.
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People prefer A.I. art because people prefer bad art
A Read Max re-run
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Our Future Is Being Devoured By Feral Thought Experiments
Here's a chance to start taking it back.
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AI #166: Google Sells Out
This was the week of GPT-5.5.
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Agent Memory Patterns
A short HOW TO guide for agent memory systems. Especially the difference between blocks, files and skills.
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GPT-5.5: Capabilities and Reactions
The system card for GPT-5.5 mostly told us what we expected.
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Who Asked For This?
<p>Last week, Elizabeth Lopatto published an insightful article in The Verge. It boasted an intriguing title: “Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want.” “Within ... <a title="Who Asked For This?" class="read-more" href="https://calnewport.com/who-asked-for-this/" aria-label="Read more about Who Asked For This?">Read more</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://calnewport.com/who-asked-for-this/">Who Asked For This?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://calnewport.com">Cal Newport</a>.</p>
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GPT 5.5: The System Card
Last week, OpenAI announced GPT-5.5, including GPT-5.5-Pro.
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Our Uncertain Uncertainties
Even the experts inventing AI don’t know what will happen next.
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We Need Homes in the Delta Quadrant
Place is security, space is freedom. — Yi-Fu Tuan
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The Cloister Web: Reshaping the Political Maidan
The advent of the "Cloister Web," a conceptual space where individuals leverage Large Language Models (LLMs) to cultivate novel ideas and commit them to a persistent public memory, heralds a profound shift in our intellectual and political landscapes.
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The Octotypic Mind
Carcinization, Cognitive Prosthetics, and the Shape of Intelligence After AI
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The Cosmos and the Model
Humboldt, the Romantics, and What AI Loses by Averaging
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The Lightening of Intent
Why Execution Got Cheap and Intent Got Live