Lyndall Thomas

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Writer, editor and content designer.
Slayer of the inner critic.
I live and work on Bunurong Country (southeast Melbourne).
Websitehttps://www.ramble.com.au/

Expertise isn’t measured in headcount.

It’s measured in scar tissue.

Twenty fresh opinions can’t replace one person who’s lived the problem long enough to see it mutate.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/experience-doesnt-stack-the-myth-of-collective-knowledge/

Experience Doesn't Stack: The Myth of Collective Knowledge

We treat knowledge like so much cargo. Stack it high enough, gather enough people, and surely you'll reach critical mass. Twenty smart people, each with a year of experience, must be just as good as one person with twenty years. Right? But knowledge isn’t additive. It’s not clay

Westenberg.

I wrote a list of the brands to support and the brands to avoid in light of all the US shenanigans. See what you think.

https://www.ramble.com.au/power/

Power

Or, wielding our consumer power for the greater good.

Ramble Communications
Can’t wait to unwittingly say “My hovercraft is full of eels” in whatever language I’m trying to learn. https://www.theverge.com/news/657594/duolingo-ai-first-replace-contract-workers
Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI

Duolingo cofounder and CEO Luis von Ahn says that the company will “gradually stop using contractors to do work that Al can handle” as part of an all-hands email announcing that the company will be “AI-first.”

The Verge
@Daojoan oh my God, the number of online courses I have signed up for and never completed 😭 you are so right
@SuperMoosie @gunstone yep, Aussie here, I get how it works but I still think it's weird. Very trusting! Love that the fraud issue is so low though, maybe we can have faith in humanity after all?
@neoluddite draw on some blood? 🫢
@gunstone it's weird how they don't ask for ID
@futuredrstevie congrats on leaving Substack. I’ve been on Ghost for several years and love it - it’s a fantastic platform.
@HannahCelsius why thank you, they are helping ❤️🌷