Merlin Mann

I feel like I may never fully understand why you people don't find things like this useful.

What if you could consume, integrate, manipulate and recontextualize data about literally everything you care about?

It's still so perplexing to me that people are so mad about free context for any thing they love.

Feb 2 at 6:10amIvory for Mac
Show threadMorten Juhl-JohansenFeb 2
@hotdogsladies Spild not have expected Tennant over Capaldi, but there you go. Thank you, this is... Useful? Usable.
Show threadJohn PorterFeb 2

@hotdogsladies

I’ve thought a lot about it, and in my case my brain just doesn’t think like that. I love context, but a lot of the context that Chatty G et al. gives just doesn’t occur to me? Or maybe I enjoy and/or am used to the process of The Old Ways.

I try to remind myself that the first time my dad showed me the internet I didn’t get it. I didn’t see the point. Maybe I’m just slow.

Sorry for getting all serious in the replies. I’ll try to do better. Together.

Show threadPeter AtwoodFeb 2
@hotdogsladies “Context” is exactly the reason I use ChatGPT over search now. Thank you for putting your finger on it. It’s not just the context that comes in all the extra text the chatbot produces, but the ability to get context. The interaction—asking a question, reading an answer—puts me in a mental context where I’m curious, I drill deeper, I ask follow-ups, and I question the answer. For me it’s a switch from (re)searching to learning.
Show threadMatchaMakesFeb 2
@hotdogsladies The largest pushback i get/see in communities I'm part of, starts and ends with the collection of data illegally. Rarely do individuals think about the usefulness it could provide, more just that the creators stole peoples IP therefore it's bad, and killing the environment.