@vgr "attention" and "cognitive surplus" are weird substances that can either be valuable or waste products, like water/surface water
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@vgr surface water (in wet states) is a common menace, the law allows it to be drained by any reasonable means - Show replies
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@simulacrumbs@sarahdoingthing @ckhonson Metaphor is a bit misleading? With, say, Mechanical Turk, you can Maxwell's demon work from waste. -
@othercriteria@simulacrumbs@sarahdoingthing @ckhonson I don't make absolute distinctions between value/waste. Entropic waste<<all "waste"
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@simulacrumbs@sarahdoingthing @ckhonson Small absolute return, but the positive marginal returns (familiarity, latency, etc.) are cool.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@simulacrumbs@othercriteria@sarahdoingthing @ckhonson empty car seats = waste to Industrial Age, wealth to Lyft/Uber -
@simulacrumbs@othercriteria@sarahdoingthing @ckhonson Cf: Jevon's paradox
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@simulacrumbs@othercriteria@sarahdoingthing @ckhonson not really. That's like calling an airplane a light car with a powerful engine.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr this is why I barely ever recommend anything to anyone else.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@simulacrumbs@othercriteria@sarahdoingthing @ckhonson gasoline and natural gas (all light fractions) were "waste" in 19th century -
@vgr@simulacrumbs@othercriteria@sarahdoingthing I'm interested in efficiency at the other end -- can we generate less cognitive waste?
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