algorithms rearrange our digital lives while having little information about what's actually important to us; what makes our lives rich and meaningful

so they create digital worlds that appear to show things we want, but feel hollow and unsatisfying

example: this website

I didn't realize that having no affiliation with a major institution means that your papers get stuck in arXiv purgatory 😅

in any case, our paper is now on arXiv! arxiv.org/abs/2404.10636

The connections course is

1) a little pricy maybe
2) not perfect
3) the only solid, scalable resource I know of for teaching the skill of embodied emotional connection in conversation, which is a skill that can transform your life for the better

So, recommended!!

I'll be giving a talk in Montreal next week! conference proceeds are donated to Centraide