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My favourite recent saying to replace “less is more” is this, by Paul Valéry (another poet!):
> Everything simple is false. Everything complex is unusable.
“It’s Not So Simple to Celebrate a Phrase.”
Marcin Wichary
I will never shut up about the value of living and breathing openness. I learned / gained so much from opening myself up to collaboration AT ALL TIMES. my life is a lot richer now.
My Year of Liveness
Todepond dot com
I used it to justify my thinking and redirect myself—and I think that’s an important line to draw, because of all the stories about AI writing legal briefs, or being used to justify weird tariffs. It’s a great generator of stimulus, which you can then interpret and act upon. I didn’t feel like I was giving it any agency over my life; I used it to distract myself—and take more agency over my own life.
Using AI to Redirect Yourself—and Save Money!
Paul Ford
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