The keyword of this year seems to be “friction.” We need to learn through “productive friction,” educators say. Technology makes everything too easy, too convenient, removing all “friction” from our lives until we are complacent, docile, stupid. AI is, then, the ultimate barrier to this friction–even moreso than the smartphone, streaming media, internet shopping or…
Wild week. We got a cat! She’s baby. We’re debating between the names Morticia and Lenore… J&J leaning toward Lenore, I’m on the fence. I like both! We also had a “back to school night” that sucked away one of our evenings, so there wasn’t a whole lot of time for reading, writing, etc. Nevertheless……
Average screen time this week: 2h30 (not as bad as I thought it was) Movies watched: Obsession (2026), The Hunger Games (original trilogy 2012-15; rewatch), The X-Files: I Want to Believe (director’s [terrible] cut), The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Cast Away (2001; for class) TV Shows: Silo (season 3 finale), The Vampire Lestat (episode 2)…
