Thinking Out Loud

Thinking Out Loud

The newsletter companion to cliophate.wtf — part journal, part map, part mixtape.

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How To Think

How To Think

We’ve started outsourcing our thinking to machines that can’t even think. This piece is about fixing that.

Kevin Wammer
Kevin Wammer

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CreativityCreativity
On Curiosity

On Curiosity

When I look at the people who seem the happiest or most fulfilled, there’s one thing they all have in common: they’re deeply curious.

Kevin Wammer
Kevin Wammer
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Experimental June

Experimental June

I'm joining my friend on a month-long June experiment: we will dial our digital inputs down to a minimum.

Kevin Wammer
Kevin Wammer
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Dead to the moment

Dead to the moment

What if you had five years left? What about thirty? It might not matter. Most of it, you’ll be dead to the moment anyway.

Kevin Wammer
Kevin Wammer
CreativityCreativity
Notes on taste and voice in the age of GenAI

Notes on taste and voice in the age of GenAI

You start with good taste, then spend years making things that fall short of it. There’s no trick to finding your voice. Just repetition, failure, and the hope that one day it won’t suck. Shortcuts won’t help but just delay the part that matters.

Kevin Wammer
Kevin Wammer
ClarityClarity
How To Think

How To Think

We’ve started outsourcing our thinking to machines that can’t even think. This piece is about fixing that.

Kevin Wammer
Kevin Wammer