I added the Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford to my list of books that have helped deprogram me from the world around me. It is a very accessible book and something I strongly recommend to anyone who is trying to understand this moment we find ourselves in. https://kinlane.com/deprogramming/
I won't be abandoning social media, but I will be very much limiting what I share here. To help keep friends and family up to date on my personal life I have setup an email newsletter. I encourage you to do the same, and I will happily subscribe to it. It will give you agency outside of social media, while helping your friends and family keep up with what is happening. It doesn't have to be a production or amazing work each week -- It just has to be you. https://buttondown.com/kin-lane/archive/a-week-of-being-kin-lane-january-26th-2024/
Falling Down an Abstraction Rabbit Hole https://kinlane.com/2025/01/25/falling-down-an-abstraction-rabbit-hole/
Getting Left Behind Makes Me Irrationally Angry - https://kinlane.com/2025/01/25/getting-left-behind-makes-me-irrationally-angry/
We are so going to win this war of AI just like we won the war on drugs and terror. #WinningAtLosing
Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative To the Tech Oligarchy - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/01/21/2252212/decentralized-social-media-is-the-only-alternative-to-the-tech-oligarchy
Liberal Visions and Boring Machines, The Early History of the Channel Tunnel - https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-early-history-of-the-channel-tunnel/
High Pressure Materials In Use With Digital Fracking - https://kinlane.com/2025/01/18/high-pressure-materials-in-use-with-digital-fracking/
Getting Started in the Morning is Hard - https://kinlane.com/2025/01/17/getting-started-in-the-morning-is-hard/
The people should own the town square - https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-people-should-own-the-town-square/
Digital Fracking - https://kinlane.com/2025/01/14/digital-fracking/
Artificial Intelligence Is To The Mind What The Automobile Was To The Body - https://kinlane.com/2024/12/31/artificial-intelligence-is-to-the-mind-what-the-automobile-was-to-the-body/
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