Is there anyone better at using the essay form to understand the experience of living and working within the institutional constraints of the modern research university than Rafe Meager?
That's really interesting. It supports the sense I have that LLMs have intensified, or maybe just made visible, shifts that were already underway as culture became more and more online. I suppose you could say LLMs are a feedback loop of digital culture.
Oh, and I agree "timeless" doesn't quite fit there! Can't catch em all.
But i'm seriously blown away by this, Rob, and it means so much coming from you. Thank you for this and for all your comments and discussions as we go here.
this was so lovely to read! I really, really adore Meager's writing and—like you—really appreciate the commitment to a few, very perceptive, very elegantly written newsletters a year (instead of succumbing to a CONSTANT CHURN OF CONTENT, which the internet has told us is the Right Way to Publish but often seems like an unnecessary strain on both writers and readers…)
My best days as a writer are when someone whose work I admire subscribes to 𝐀𝐈 𝐋𝐨𝐠. Thanks for adding to that thrill with a comment here, especially one that so nicely describes the ethos we share.
That's really interesting. It supports the sense I have that LLMs have intensified, or maybe just made visible, shifts that were already underway as culture became more and more online. I suppose you could say LLMs are a feedback loop of digital culture.
I am, of course, touched beyond words by this post.
Oh, and I agree "timeless" doesn't quite fit there! Can't catch em all.
But i'm seriously blown away by this, Rob, and it means so much coming from you. Thank you for this and for all your comments and discussions as we go here.
Well, I had to find something to disagree with. Otherwise it's a fan letter...and that's what the comments section is for.
I love that!!! I completely agree.
this was so lovely to read! I really, really adore Meager's writing and—like you—really appreciate the commitment to a few, very perceptive, very elegantly written newsletters a year (instead of succumbing to a CONSTANT CHURN OF CONTENT, which the internet has told us is the Right Way to Publish but often seems like an unnecessary strain on both writers and readers…)
My best days as a writer are when someone whose work I admire subscribes to 𝐀𝐈 𝐋𝐨𝐠. Thanks for adding to that thrill with a comment here, especially one that so nicely describes the ethos we share.