chalice stroebe

creating space for the sacred amidst the mundane // contemplative tech (?)

[chalice stroebe @chalicestroebe]

@gregisenberg 👋🏼 my work exists where what is deeply human collides with technology that aids in our collective meaning making. I’d love to join a team who is thinking about the farther reaching impact and outcomes of what they’re building. Talk soon!

[chalice stroebe @chalicestroebe]

@JacksonSteger ouch, hope the pinky has healed! but i’m curious! what tech do you recommend?

[mindy pressman @pressmindy]

300,000 years of human history. How lucky we are to have lived in the same 49 as Andrea Gibson

[lani @lanitrock]

our future is rooted in our capacity for mutually beneficial collaboration

[priyanka🍦 @pridesai]

being outside makes you realize how inane everything on this platform is

[Eli @roveneliah]

Caring is more fun than consuming

[sari azout @sariazout]

I am tired of seeing speed as a selling point.

I’ve wanted to talk about this for a long time.

I think one of the main reasons many of us feel anxious is because we have more productivity tools than ever, but these tools rarely match how we naturally want to create.

Here’s some sample headlines I've seen:

“From thought to action faster than humanly possible.”

You know, because why sit and reflect when we can go straight from a half-baked idea to a fully executed mistake in 0.5 seconds?

Here’s another example:

“With the snap of a finger, Blaze creates all the content you need and posts it for you.”

Who is asking to be turned into a passive bystander in their own work?

Who wants to read another listicle-style LinkedIn status update in ChatGPT's exact voice and tone?

And you’ll post it too? Thank God! Because the toughest part of being a creator is that painful moment when you have to click publish.

And another one:

“Create unlimited presentations in seconds.”

Why are we assuming that people want more, faster? Has anyone ever said, “if only I could make unlimited presentations”?

What if we want to craft one presentation, but do it beautifully?

What if we actually, genuinely, love the in-between moments when we return to a draft after days have passed, sharpening one word here, adding a better verb there.

Great software products aren’t simply a collection of buttons, icons, and menus. They shape how we think and who we aspire to be.

The problem isn’t that machines are becoming more human-like, it’s that humans are becoming more machine-like in an effort to keep up.

There are no shortcuts to hard-won insight.
No one does this in a snap.

But it’s hard to slow down when the only thing our tools push is to do more, faster.

So for the love of God, can we stop with the speed obsession?

What would it look like if, in a McLuhan-esque, medium is the message sort of way, our tools said to us:

It’s gonna take you a while.

It’s normal to take a while.

It’d be weird if you made something beautiful so quickly. 

The problem isn’t that you’re not working fast enough.

The problem is your expectations are not realistic.

Our AI helps you slow the fuck down and make something wonderful.

My cards are on the table.

I don’t want to go live in a cabin and swear off AI.

I want a world where “slow AI” doesn’t sound like such an oxymoron.

Where we collectively stop falling for the empty promise of doing more, faster.

And focus on doing less, better.

The goal can’t be making more stuff.

It has to be making something wonderful.

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"In forty years of medical practice, I have found only two types of non-pharmaceutical 'therapy' to be vitally important for patients with chronic neurological diseases: music and gardens."

Oliver Sacks on the healing power of nature: https://t.co/YG2b7CcQJL

[evin @provenauthority]

human connection is the key to longevity

spend as much time optimizing your macros as you do being kind to your neighbors

and you might end up with better results

[Gaby Goldberg @gaby_goldberg]

Low priority: write in to-do list
Medium priority: put in Apple Notes
High priority: text yourself

[chalice stroebe @chalicestroebe]

@ddwchen @ThankArbitrum @pluralitylab @DisruptionJoe @shawnlgrubb @divine_economy appreciated your guidance and leadership in the learnings along the way! thank you!

[Maria @maria__f]

living ancient lives in modern times

[chalice stroebe @chalicestroebe]

@gardensdao hi 👋🏼

[mariel @MarielRosic]

We can't chose what dies. What ends and when is not really up to us. But we can choose to witness: to tenderly and with curious love let our awareness follow them to rest. We could all do with more frequent practice of saying "goodbye", a prayer.

[chalice stroebe @chalicestroebe]

@_juliettech curious to hear about which ones have caught your interest!

[chalice stroebe @chalicestroebe]

@mataiblacklock Persimmon 🧡

[Maria @maria__f]

prayer is a technology

[chalice stroebe @chalicestroebe]

@cabindotcity 🫶✨

[chalice stroebe @chalicestroebe]

i've been privy to witness how the role of technology can foster community as a unique and fulfilling experience. and now I dive headfirst into the world of death and dying, but also that of life and living. how we live is how we die.

all my gratitude

[chalice stroebe @chalicestroebe]

as I finish my masters of divinity and continue practicing as a chaplain i'll cherish the time and the friendships i've created with what was once a sea of faces of internet strangers.

a @cabindotcity retro: the end an era, and the beginning of another

[chalice stroebe @chalicestroebe]

supper clubs are about more than food; they're about sharing stories and discovering connections. hosting these dinners brought laughter and insights into everyone's lives.