An algorithm will give you exactly what you want until you forget what you needed.

CREATIVITY

WHAT THIS MEANS

It is tuned to your fastest want, the one that answers in half a second, and it is extremely good at that. What you actually need tends to be slower and quieter and has no way to bid. Nothing in the system is against you; it simply holds no information about tomorrow.

Try naming what you wanted from tonight before you open anything: homework done by nine, one real conversation, sleep. Check at the end whether you got there. The honest answer is information, not a verdict on you.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

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