Staying human on a noisy internet
Six notes on thinking clearly when the web is mostly bots and AI slop, and on the nerve it takes to add a real human voice to the pile anyway.
why this stop: Name the dread first: why the web feels dead, and how much of that is your own pattern-hungry brain.
why this stop: The supply side of the dread: cheap AI slop, and why hunting for the real thing leaves you so tired.
why this stop: Turn the lens inward: the fear of faking understanding, and how to tell smooth from true.
why this stop: The skill underneath all of it: watching your own thinking, in public, on the record.
why this stop: So do it anyway. The case for adding your real, unfinished voice to the noise.
why this stop: And the personal vow that follows: write every day, badly at first, to taste your own life twice.