Why Video Is Shallower — and Why Social Media Is Worth Avoiding

Video and text are not simply two different containers for the same information. They encourage different mental habits. Compared with serious reading, video tends to be a shallower medium for processing complex ideas, and short-form social video pushes that tendency much further. Social media can still contain useful things: firsthand reports, breaking news, unusual experiences, and information that has not yet reached books or traditional media. But usefulness does not make the medium harmless....

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Images, grammar checker and comment system

Grammar checker These days I was thinking of stopping using grammar checker. Writing skill is gained by practicing. We should make a lot of mistakes and face challenges of expressing our ideas when we are learning a language. Is it really necessary to use grammar checker when we are writing ? I guess it’s not. Why not keep the originality of my own writings. After polishments of this writings some of them even couldn’t pass the AI detection....

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Codex

After spending a long time using Codex to build my website, I realized how strong my desire was to add all kinds of features. I kept spending time tweaking the site, and I couldn’t tolerate even the tiniest bugs.

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Not by AI badge

Recently, many graduates have been booing speakers when they mention AI or express optimism about the future of AI. A lot of content has been generated by AI since 2022. There are even many AI-generated videos, and some TV series are being created with AI instead of being produced by human actors. This is not only happening with written content. AI already seems to be integrated into modern life, just like the Internet....

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