The Briefing Was a Poem. The Compass Is Still Mine.
My AI morning briefing arrived as a short poem, not a list. It gave the day a shape. But the most important reading of the day is still the one I do myself.
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Paul Nunesdea · CPF, PhD
Journal entries
What scientists can teach us about thinking together
Science has protocols for almost everything that matters. But what is the protocol for thinking together?
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What Five Days Away From AI Taught Me
I spent a week without AI tools. What I found was not silence — it was a different kind of noise.
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The Attention Tax
Every notification, every context switch, every open tab charges a small fee. The bill arrives later, and it is always larger than expected.
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The Longer Way to Santiago
Walking the Camino taught me something about the relationship between pace, attention and the kind of thinking that only happens when you stop trying.
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Community resource shelf
Books, practices, tools and ideas the community is using to protect attention, recover from AI overload, and think more clearly. Add yours.
Stolen Focus
Johann Hari
The most honest account of why our attention is broken — and what's actually behind it. Required reading before blaming yourself.
VisitForest bathing (Shinrin-yoku)
Twenty minutes in woodland without a phone. Measurably lowers cortisol. No app required.
Deep Work
Cal Newport
The practical case for protecting long blocks of uninterrupted thinking. Especially useful if you work with knowledge.
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Center for Humane Technology
Honest, non-alarmist conversations about what technology is doing to our minds and societies.
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