One hurricane, one power outage, and suddenly humanity remembers how to function without Wi-Fi. Sven explores our dependence on technology, the surprising resilience of the human brain, and why a simple pen might be AI’s most embarrassing competitor.
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Everything is AI now. Chatbots, refrigerators, recommendation systems, toothbrushes. When one label describes everything, does it still explain anything? Sven would like a word. Preferably several.
According to the internet, humans come with expiration dates. Not for living, of course, but for hobbies, careers, technology, and curiosity. Sven investigates the mysterious rulebook that decides when you’re supposedly “too old” for YouTube, TikTok, AI, and everything else, only to discover that the rules may be entirely imaginary.
AI has made answers easier to find than ever before. Sven explores what happens when convenience replaces curiosity, understanding becomes optional, and the first answer feels like the final one.
Welcome to the Museum of Human Skills, where visitors can explore a collection of forgotten abilities once practiced by ordinary people. From remembering things and getting lost to boredom, bad first drafts, and changing your mind, these exhibits preserve the messy habits that kept humans involved in their own thinking.
Once upon a time, the internet was full of strange people doing strange things. Then came metrics, algorithms, personal brands, and optimization. What happened when the web stopped being a neighborhood and became a marketplace?