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Did I miss where the author defines what "friction" is actually meaning? But certainly a very impressive exercise in creative writing based on taking an analog

Did I miss where the author defines what "friction" is actually meaning? But certainly a very impressive exercise in creative writing based on taking an analogy too far.

walterbell 1y ago
> Did I miss where the author defines what "friction" is actually meaning? They were responding to a tweet, cited in the second paragraph: I want to talk about friction.¹ ¹ https://nitter.poast.org/Bonecondor/status/1918455439806656872 https://nitter.poast.org/Bonecondor/status/19184554398066568... I truly believe this lack of structural friction when it comes to basically every type of dopamine-frying pleasure on earth is a huge part of why gen z is Like That
- raffael_de 1y ago
  I'm not sure what your point is to be honest.
  - walterbell 1y ago
    The "[structural] friction" is defined by the tweet, not the substack article responding to the tweet.
    - raffael_de 1y ago
      "I truly believe this lack of structural friction when it comes to basically every type of dopamine-frying pleasure on earth is a huge part of why gen z is Like That" You consider that a definition?
      - walterbell 1y ago
        It's context. A branch of a discussion thread. Not a dictionary. If you want a faster (less friction?) answer, you could post your question to substack comment thread or twitter.
  - devmor 1y ago
    "Friction" in the author's post refers to intellectual friction. The need to think about what you are doing before you do it; as opposed to being led to your next action by the UX of an app or instruction of another person.
- moralestapia 1y ago
  Original X link because that other one does not load for me and perhaps others. https://x.com/Bonecondor/status/1918455439806656872 https://x.com/Bonecondor/status/1918455439806656872
BriggyDwiggs42 1y ago
I thought it was excellent. Do you have any specific critiques of claims that we could disagree on?
kkaatii 1y ago
Agree... while there are valuable and interesting notions in the article the final conclusion and the so-called curated friction is just too stretched for me.

Did I miss where the author defines what "friction" is actually meaning? But certainly a very impressive exercise in creative writing based on taking an analogy too far.

walterbell 1y ago

> Did I miss where the author defines what "friction" is actually meaning? They were responding to a tweet, cited in the second paragraph: I want to talk about friction.¹ ¹ https://nitter.poast.org/Bonecondor/status/1918455439806656872 https://nitter.poast.org/Bonecondor/status/19184554398066568... I truly believe this lack of structural friction when it comes to basically every type of dopamine-frying pleasure on earth is a huge part of why gen z is Like That

raffael_de 1y ago
I'm not sure what your point is to be honest.
- walterbell 1y ago
  The "[structural] friction" is defined by the tweet, not the substack article responding to the tweet.
  - raffael_de 1y ago
    "I truly believe this lack of structural friction when it comes to basically every type of dopamine-frying pleasure on earth is a huge part of why gen z is Like That" You consider that a definition?
    - walterbell 1y ago
      It's context. A branch of a discussion thread. Not a dictionary. If you want a faster (less friction?) answer, you could post your question to substack comment thread or twitter.
- devmor 1y ago
  "Friction" in the author's post refers to intellectual friction. The need to think about what you are doing before you do it; as opposed to being led to your next action by the UX of an app or instruction of another person.
moralestapia 1y ago
Original X link because that other one does not load for me and perhaps others. https://x.com/Bonecondor/status/1918455439806656872 https://x.com/Bonecondor/status/1918455439806656872

BriggyDwiggs42 1y ago

I thought it was excellent. Do you have any specific critiques of claims that we could disagree on?

kkaatii 1y ago

Agree... while there are valuable and interesting notions in the article the final conclusion and the so-called curated friction is just too stretched for me.