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jessa

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Everyday Stories, Lived

Media

  • When your friends become consumables

    After spending a lot of time on social media, watching families’, friends’, and acquaintances’ days unfold through their stories, reels, and posts, I realized I hadn’t actually spoken to them in deep conversations or even casual catch-ups. I know some snapshots about their lives, but I am not sure if I really know them at Read more

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  • The internet never forgets, but should we?

    I have already written 1,393 blog posts here and for sure, there are things that I have said that do not resonate with me anymore or even represent who I am today. But if I erase those ideas that I no longer hold, am I erasing a truth about who I was? Or am I Read more

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  • Thinking brain on the drain

    Been thinking about discipline lately, mostly because I feel like I am losing grasp of it, especially in moments when I surrender my autonomy to mindless media consumption as if saying to the tech, “Here are all my human capabilities, take them down to the drain.“ These days, lacking discipline means losing control over what Read more

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  • “Think before you trust”

    I have been following AI updates to stay in the know, although I don’t delve deeply into the technical discussions—closest would be reading Ethan Mollick’s regular newsletters on “the implications of AI for work, education, and life.“ When I stumbled upon this video yesterday, I was amazed how I had a “shared experience” with Seth Read more

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  • Cluttered mind

    I can sense how my cluttered mind is affecting my ability to organize all my daily tasks—the tasks I have started but haven’t finished, tasks that are still waiting for closure. And so they overflow and get carried over to the next day, and the next, and the next. I think this is the cost Read more

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  • Can you imagine a world where you can no longer trust visual information?

    I really find AI tools empowering, enabling me to perform tasks and produce better results than I would on my own. As Ethan Mollick puts it: Having an AI on your team can increase performance, provide expertise, and improve your experience The Cybernetic Teammate But like in this TED Talk, Mark Hoffman compares artificial intelligence Read more

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  • When you’ve been prepared for something bigger

    In 2020, I explored how to produce podcast episodes and went through the learning phase of juggling content creation with pre- and post-production. My tasks include: topic ideation, writing the material, recording, audio editing, and promotion. The pandemic really squeezed the creatives out of us, and it felt that at that moment, I really wanted Read more

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