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A prosthesis over a healthy limb (10 June 2026) (2022). AI as a crutch that cripples.
source: Beauman, Ned. (2022). Venomous Lumpsucker. Soho Press.
via: my partner’s recommendation.
ai cognition literature mental-furniture
Quite frankly, I don't remember (12 June 2026) (1960). A discussion of immortality at a noisy bar.*
source: Borges, J. L. (1960). “Diálogo sobre un diálogo.” El hacedor. Buenos Aires: Emecé. English: “A Dialogue About a Dialogue,” trans. Andrew Hurley, in Collected Fictions. New York: Viking, 1998.
literature economy-of-writing cognition existence mental-furniture
What’s important? (26 October 2026). Something valuable, or something thought about?
source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. (1901). “Import, v.”; “Important, a.” Vol. V, I–K, pp. 98–99. Klein, Ernest. (1987). “חָשׁוּב.” A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English. Jerusalem: Carta.
via: hiking the Eagle Creek trail in the Columbia River Gorge.
language delightful-etymologies cognition
0.1 second is a UX instant (26 August 2026) (1993). Are 3 and 5 minutes the same to a user?
source: Nielsen, J. (1993). Usability Engineering. Academic Press. Chapter 5 excerpt published as “Response Times: The 3 Important Limits.” Nielsen Norman Group. NN/g later issued a four-minute video of the same material as “The 3 Response Time Limits in Interaction Design.”
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