Here you’ll find the latest updates on the Livin Means Channel as well as other videos that help inspire my vision.
Posted by Nick Mathews on March 5, 2025 at 16:00
This is what I got when I asked ChatGPT to capture the contrast between local, meaningful social interaction and the isolating nature of corporate-driven social media.
...Then I asked it to emphasize the loneliness on the right side, maybe with a cloud of darkness around each one of them and a blank stare in their face. It said the following:
"I wasn’t able to generate the image due to content policy restrictions. It seems that elements of the request—perhaps the contrast between digital loneliness and real-world connection—caused it to be flagged."
...Revealing to me that this is where big tech draws the moral line. Funny how it is right when it comes to the point of emotionally moving someone to action about the negative side effects of their product. Also how humbling to have an unfeeling robot tell me what emotions I can handle.
Posted by Nick Mathews on February 27, 2025 at 08:00
Today I started writing the script for my YouTube channel trailer, and it's inspiring to see other channels that have very similar values as me. It's vivid to me through videos like this that there are other nerds out there that love technology, just not the companies that run our major tech infrastructure.
Posted by Nick Mathews on February 26, 2025 at 10:00
Tony from Tony Teaches Tech is my oldest friend. Here we begin our public journey towards healthier relationships with smartphone technology.
Posted by Nick Mathews on February 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A fellow crotchety old man at heart who sees the (non-LED) light. Alec Watson offers here a wickedly well presented, logically satisfying video essay about the trend of learned helplessness and train-of-thought steering done by modern recommendation algorithms.
