The article you should read is written by Peter Hinssen, “The end of awful”, and you should combine that with an article about the impact of AI on education, with a huge danger of creating more pancake people (which is straight from “The shallows”. The only way to be brilliant in the future is by embracing the slow flow. For example, Bookbuzz. Also, read “Deep work”.
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Scenario prompts 18 June 2024
Today’s other prompts are, GenZ, music as medicine, teaching robots, slow flow, the art of asking smarter questions and AI and stem cells.
To be brilliant, you will have to embrace the slow flow.
AI and the End of Awful
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-end-awful-peter-hinssen-8mtve/
In a tsunami of mediocrity, identify where you can be brilliant
19 surprising things about GenZ every brand needs to know
https://www.adweek.com/sponsored/19-surprising-things-about-gen-z-every-brand-needs-to-know/
With an estimated global spending power that exceeds $450 billion, Gen Z already wields significant economic influence
Music as medicine: The therapeutic potential of sound
https://bigthink.com/health/music-as-medicine-the-therapeutic-potential-of-sound/
Studies suggest that music can have positive impacts on mental and physical health.
AI Might Save Teachers Time. But What Is the Cost?
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-06-17-ai-might-save-teachers-time-but-what-is-the-cost
What does it mean for learners to trade off the zone of proximal development for ease of access to the creation of knowledge? Time to re-read “The shallows” https://www.ronimmink.com/the-future-of-your-mind/
This Robot Learns How to Fight and Play Piano Just By Watching
https://www.inverse.com/tech/humanoid-robot-unitree-learn-computer-vision
Instead of designing a humanoid robot with AI reasoning and neural networks, you can just teach it yourself. More technology abstraction.
The Fast-Slow Problem
https://danielmiessler.com/p/the-fast-slow-problem
There is meaning in doing things slowly. Slow walks while holding hands. Reading physical books in natural light. And making apple pies from scratch.
The Art of Asking Smarter Questions
https://hbr.org/2024/05/the-art-of-asking-smarter-questions
Investigative, speculative, productive, interpretive and subjective.
Scientists Show AI-Generated Proteins Actually Work in Stem Cell Study
AI and programmable stem cells?
