Substrate

• Substrate is a digital garden #are.na#digital garden#metaphor#note-taking workflow#personal knowledge management ideas PINNED

10 October 2026

• AIs are not conscious. They do not feel, experience, or suffer, because they are simulation machines. #ai#ai safety#anthropomorphism#consciousness#ethics#governance#machine learning#mustafa suleyman#simulation ideas
• Vibe-coding alternatives to fascist software projects #digital ethics#dorian taylor#ethical tech#linux#moral framework#open source#techfreedom#vibe-coding notes
• Does thinking have inherent value? #critical thinking#flow state#introspection#joe burns#personal growth#productivity#thinking#value ideas
• A lifeboat on which you find yourself #annie dillard#aristotle#balance#consequences#life choices#motivation#personal growth#productivity#self improvement reflections
• The sheer volume of untapped knowledge sitting in public archives is staggering #ai research#archival investigations#computational thinking#digital humanities#historical analysis#knowledge discovery#public archives ideas

9 October 2026

• Introducing OrgLens, a systems-based health check for organisations #ai models#feedback loops#open source#organisational health#orglens#soft systems methodology#systems thinking#viable system model notes

7 October 2026

• OrgLens: 3. Teaching a tool to be careful, then giving it more than one lens #ai#critical systems heuristics#feedback loops#organizational health#orglens#perspectives#soft systems methodology#system dynamics#viable system model notes

5 October 2026

• Weekstarter 41/2026 #mozilla#personal life#systems thinking#toronto#travel#unconferencing#weekstarter#work updates notes
• Weekstarter 40/2026 #canada#family#mozilla#music#reading#systems thinking#toronto#weekstarter notes

2 October 2026

• OrgLens: 2. Making an organisational health check people can actually use #ai agent#claude code#organisational health check#orglens#plain language#raven#systems thinking#viable system model ideas

1 October 2026

• OrgLens: 1. Can an AI agent do systems thinking? #ai agents#artificial intelligence#claude#critical systems heuristics#openrouter#raven#systems thinking#viable system model ideas

30 September 2026

• I think I want to get out of the screens game #health#migraines#screen time#self-reflection#work-life balance reflections

28 September 2026

• Watershed: a quick systems check for organisations #diagnostic tools#organisation design#organisational development#patrick hoverstadt#self-assessment#soundings#systemic approach#systems laws#systems thinking#watershed notes
• One of the affordances of AI: gaslighting users #affordances#ai#ai ethics#big tech#digital literacies notes

27 September 2026

• A European voice assistant for the Rabbit r1 #android#carrot#data minimisation#digital sovereignty#europe#mistral#open source#privacy#rabbit r1#techfreedom#voice assistant ideas

23 September 2026

• #SysPrac26 – Day 2 #complexity#cybernetics#organisational development#scio conference#systemic change#systems laws#systems thinking#viable system model reflections

21 September 2026

• #SysPrac26 – Day 1 #conference#cranfield#critical systems heuristics#methodologies#scio#sysprac26#systems practice#systems thinking reflections

19 September 2026

• Dopamine Responsibly #addiction#consumerism#dopamine#habits#mental health#motivation#sustainability#wellness notes
• Despite all our accomplishments we owe our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact it rains #agriculture#ecology#environment#existence#nature#rain#sustainability reflections
• Debería tomar más fotos #camera#creativity#inspiration#motivation#phone#photography#projects ideas
• Fully Offline is a privilege #dave rupert#digital detox#mental health#offline life#privilege#technology notes
• Big Tech & AI: "Guilty until proven wealthy" #ai#big tech#corruption#elite exceptionalism#justice#matt stoller#monopolies#regulation#us politics notes

15 September 2026

• What happens when AI fades into the background (like gigabit fibre)? #ai#digital transformation#emerging tech#future trends#gigabit fibre#infrastructure#innovation#mozilla#nate b. jones notes

14 September 2026

• The Legibility of Live Rewind #apple watch#audio intelligence#dan hon#live rewind#power dynamics#privacy#sociotechnical systems#surveillance notes