David Daines

Spotted in the NYC subway. “Zero screen time.” An iPod Shuffle ad in 2026. When we built the iPod, the goal was the technology disappeared and you could have your music wherever you were. 1,000 songs in your pocket. Now we’re living through a moment where people are actively looking for ways to disconnect from the infinite feed, algos, and constant notifications. That doesn’t mean technology is bad. It means the best technology understands when to step back. Not every problem needs another screen, another menu, or another layer of complexity. Constraints create freedom (read: @DavidEpstein new book Inside the Box). And often removing features creates a better product than adding them. The future of technology shouldn’t just be more engagement. It should help us be more human.

When Amy was diagnosed with a brain tumor, I did what anyone would do: I trusted the system. Two surgeries later, the tumor was still there. So I started using AI to research her condition full time. Within my first week, I found a paper that leading pituitary scientists told me they'd never seen. I wrote about what happened next for @TheFP. Grateful to their team for helping me tell this story! thefp.com/p/i-used-ai-to…

🚨@JTLonsdale drops a major TRUTH NUKE on Public Education: "Thomas Jefferson believed that the single point of public education was to train the populous to be free citizens to oppose despotism... NOW, it's the opposite"