Gurwinder
Examining how technology is affecting human psychology, and how to stay rational in the digital age.
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- We basically choose our leaders via rap battle, then wonder why they’re better at performance than governance.
- “You pity the moth confusing a lamp for the moon, yet here you are confusing a screen for the world.” — Jay Alto
- I gave up editing Wikipedia articles when I realized most of my fellow editors were either political activists or PR firms. The problem with an encyclopedia anyone can edit is that the people most motivated to edit will naturally be those with an agenda.
- Consuming only content that reinforces your views is intellectual incest, producing beliefs that are increasingly frail and deformed.
- An easy timesaving tip is to skip the first 10% of any YouTube video. You’ll lose absolutely nothing.