flâneur

Sahil Lalani

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on the atlas — 3

highlights — 5

  • Its gossamer parts, the precise location and alignment involved in its construction, would have occupied a master craftsman of the guild for months; now it is built for thirty cents. The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great reliability; and something is bound to come of it.
    As We May Think - The Atlantic
  • Mendel’s concept of the laws of genetics was lost to the world for a generation because his publication did not reach the few who were capable of grasping and extending it; and this sort of catastrophe is undoubtedly being repeated all about us, as truly significant attainments become lost in the mass of the inconsequential.
    As We May Think - The Atlantic
  • the connections drawn between disparate pieces are becoming increasingly important. The easier it is to share that graph with other people, the faster we can learn from each other and understand complex relationships. I’m excited for a world where knowledge is easier to discover, validate, dispute, understand, retain, and share.
    Digital Tools I Wish Existed :: up & to the right — Jonathan Borichevskiy
  • Cluster information based on content, tags, geo-location, connected people, conversations, source, and other factors I’m not even aware of
    Digital Tools I Wish Existed :: up & to the right — Jonathan Borichevskiy
  • I want to be able to open an interface, type three words, and instantly see results from everything my digital self has interacted with. Emails, years of full-text browsing history, text messages, Slack messages across all my organizations, calendar invites and events, books, podcast transcripts I’ve consumed, Twitter and Instagram DMs, PDFs I’ve downloaded, bash commands, videos I’ve seen, my online and offline files, notes, blog post drafts - I really do mean everything.
    Digital Tools I Wish Existed :: up & to the right — Jonathan Borichevskiy