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the futureJun 18, 20266 min read

The future is here, unevenly

Gibson's line is over-quoted. But every time I actually pick up a new tool, I believe it more — the gap isn't time, it's who reaches first.

Machine-translated, human-checked.

The future is already here, just unevenly distributed. I read that as a nice quote — until I started using AI every day to write code, read papers, translate essays.

The gap isn’t time

Same model: one person ships a prototype in ten minutes, another is still deciding whether to sign up. The tech is public; the willingness to reach is not.

The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed.

The slow bird starts early. Rather than wait for tech to spread, share the uses, the ideas, the potholes now.

So I built this little place

Friendly to people, and friendly to AI agents — clean structure, clear semantics, a machine-readable view alongside. You can read it; so can your agent.

dull-bird's note
The slow bird starts early — rather than wait for tech to spread, share the idea now.
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