“I think there’s a perceived acceptability when we pretend we need these things. We don’t, and they’re making you LESS.”

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BTW, if these also drive you up the wall, you can add -AI to the end of your search query to avoid seeing them. And if any tech bros are reading this, please stop it!!!

It's by Cory Doctorow, the tech journalist and science fiction author who coined the term "enshittification." It's a pretty quick, witty read that's actually fun to get through, and it really helped me tie some thoughts I've been having about AI into a more coherent argument.