everyone keeps talking abt how much more efficient we are because of the new agentic workflows. the reality is that delegating every small decision to an autonomous scheduler creates a
fragmented attention span that makes real focus impossible. instead of ACTUALLY learning how to prioritize, people just rely on the software to tell them what matters next. i found that when i stopped using automated sorting and went back to a simple
todo.txt
file, my productivity actually improved because i had to engage w/ the list manually. we are trading our
cognitive agency for a smoother-looking calendar.
>the more automation you add, the less you actually think about your own goals.it is becoming way too easy to hide behind a perfectly optimized dashboard while doing zero meaningful work.
we are just becoming high-end prompt engineers for our own lives. we need to stop treating these tools as replacements for critical thinking and start using them as mere supplements.