Writing at the speed of a real person in the age of AI, I’m the author of ‘Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters’. I’m Richard and I live on Bidjigal land of the Eora nation in Sydney. Find me at Writingslowly.com
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Loud and agitated shouting had me alarmed this morning. Sounded like a real bust-up. Then I understood. It’s the World Cup. Messi has scored. Our neighbours are Argentinian and this is only the start. ❤️🇦🇷
"”A student’s understanding of particular subjects forms in collaboration with teachers, peers and the daily friction of being one mind among many.” – W. Ian O’Byrne"
A thoughtful article on the messy process that helps kids learn.
Atomic notes have a long history: https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/31/atomic-notes-have-a-long.html
"“There’s a great strength in me showing you a chord or a riff or something, and it’s just going from mind to mind, there’s no paper involved. All of what we did in this very studio would be that. It was really an immediate tran... https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/06/theres-a-great-strength-in.html
How to learn deliberate practice: https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/15/how-to-learn-deliberate-practice.html
Pelicans? Well if you insist.
#BirdsOfAustralia
#WildlifePhotography
#FeatheredFriends
Sci-fi writer Ted Chiang has words of wisdom about so-called AI consciousness:
"💬 “it is fundamentally dishonest to have a machine emit many categories of sentences, including any sentences using first-person pronouns."
I sai... https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/07/scifi-writer-ted-chiang-has.html
Currently reading: Eight Million Ways to Happiness by Hiroko Yoda 📚
Japan is a deeply secular country full of shrines, temples, festivals and ceremonies. This book unpacks the paradox by exploring spiritual life in Japan as it’s actually lived, not the rather warped Western fantasy version.
Why must sci-fi author Ted Chiang state in The Atlantic that AI is not conscious? I call this La Stilla Syndrome: my Jules Verne-inspired name for the delusion our technology is alive. Chiang doesn’t buy it and nor should we.
#SciFi
#ArtificialIntelligence
#TedChiang
#JulesVerne
#TechPhilosophy
"💬 ”Roughly speaking, the world is divided into two classes: those who use the Card Index System and those who do not.”
Byles, R. B, 1911. The card index system; its principles, uses, operation, and component parts (London: ... https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/07/roughly-speaking-the-world-is.html
