Naomi

The people surprised that the Harvard Business school study found that employees using AI felt their work intensified rather than become more manageable clearly haven't read enough critique of modernity philosophy. Whenever we had new tech making stuff easier, expectations heightened. The introduction of cleaning devices meant we started having higher demands on cleanliness of homes. The introduction of email meant we had to write more emails than we had ever written letters. Instant messaging on all our devices = never being actually disconnected from work. Is just the same dynamic dialled up further. Highly recommend some of Hartmut Rosa's interviews/talks since he was one of the first to put a name to this phenomenon that all this tech has sped up our lives to the point where we feel like we're constantly running only to stay at the same place. https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it

I've seen this sentiment on the timeline for a few weeks now, and personally I too am always battling with not loosing my idealism. Especially when we seem to just run after faster, bigger better without stopping to ask: why? What future do we even want?

Now it's in the hands of the mysterious operation that is the postal system.

Every time I talk to normal people about my job the reaction is either confusion, total rejection, or my mum who goes you really need to do something more meaningful with your life. Latter actually hits me the most because I do question the meaningfulness/purpose quite a bit these days. The rest I can cope with.