> frictionless technology blocks the user from learning [e.g.] mentally modelling what the teacher may be asking [&] reading materials and digesting them. And worse still, the design of these technologies is addictive through weaponisation of the Eliza [&] Barnum-Forer effect[s]
Vital. "Labrador Inuit recognize 6 seasons, defined by environmental changes. Sea ice once marked 4 of them, from late fall (ukiak) in mid-November to spring (upinngak) in mid-June. Now, it only spans 2, from winter (ukiuk) in late January to early spring (uppinngasâk) at the beginning of May." 🧪
Did Eli Saslow consult you @kakape.bsky.social and if so, why was your original piece not cited properly or credited here?
Sir Norman Foster: "I suspect it’s one of those icons of the late 20th century that in generations hence will still be looked at in wonder.“
Cela montre le dédain de la classe politique nationale pour le savoir et l'expertise depuis 25 ans et son appétence malsaine de l'exercice instantanée de pouvoir comme but en soi. J'ai vécu les effets en temps réel — une catastrophe nationale où l'on a déplumé un fleuron pour l'appât du gain.
"modern science is incredibly super-national and the scientists were [ARE] beside themselves."
The only hope for UK reocvery is in the continued use of English as a lingua franca in Western Europe, in aggressive re-establishment of scientific collaborations as soon as possible, and in time to heal.
A musician I sometimes collaborate with is dumbfounded (and defensive) that someone told him it's more polite to ask *before* rather than after using someone's likeness in generative AI to show them as a member of a different profession for a chuckle. 🤦♀️