📚 From Friction to Flow

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In the digital world 'user experience' has been reduced to button colors and ease of purchase, which misses the human need for connection. Flow states can be helpful for humans as they can be for our digital experiences. I share six ideas to adjust your digital experience for flow. Read on for more...

1. 📚 AI Reduced Human Cognition - a Microsoft study shows that human cognition atrophies when using artificial intelligence more regularly. The dip in critical thinking is most concerning.
2. 📚 Tracking Government Grants - Candid has a break down on federal funding. At least 30% of nonprofits rely on government grants. If you have grant questions, be sure to subscribe to Gold Dust Grants' newsletter to expand your knowledge.
3. 🎙️ How Spotify is Ruining Music - This 30-minute conversation with Liz Pelly, was very helpful to fill in the gaps on why the experience on Spotify has gotten worse (listening to ghost artists) and the ripple effects to the music industry and art in general. Her new book is called "Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist."

We officially released our 🔐 Private Podcast Feed this week. Waiting for paid members in the feed is our bonus episode with Dr. Linda Berberich called Can AI Be Ethical? With the Big Tech oligarch rearing its head, we are seeing masks off around the harms of AI. Here's a preview of our conversation.

🌺 Flowering & 🍋 Fruitful Member Zone

From Friction to Flow