Open Transport

I've been in Kyoto (and Himeji) for about four weeks and the cafes, and local roasters, have really improved.

Interesting reading by Derek Thompson, first the cult of the enhanced self, then also the monks in the casino

26 Rules to Be a Better Thinker in 2026: "The irony of AI, this cutting-edge technology, is that it makes the humanities more valuable than ever.

AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism: the conclusions are too strong, but most of the article feels spot on.

Finally a post that comes close to my feeling about LinkedIn: Sunny Days Are Warm: Why LinkedIn Rewards Mediocrity You Exist In The Long Context, by Steven Johnson: this seems like a useful use of LLMs.

Can We Still Recover the Right to Be Left Alone?

I recently found a mention of the Dead Internet theory, which is "a conspiracy theory that asserts, due to a coordinated and intentional effort, the Internet now consists mainly of bot activity and automatically generated content manipulated by algorithmic

The Inequality Myth – Western Societies Are Growing More Equal, Not Less The Deathbed Fallacy Beyond Hope, how to go beyond hope/despair in our current crises Updated 19/05/25

Here is (the start of) a list of good advices and things to read: Merlin's Wisdom Project Kevin Kelly's excellent advices for living and 101 additional advices (see excerpts from the Marginalian)

Reading this article by the New Yorker on enjoying cycling at one's own pace and against the spandexization and enshittification of cycling (see the issues with tech-dependent proprietary bikes like the Van Moof).