Library fatigue | Seth’s Weblog

Maybe this has occurred to you: You’re on the reference desk of the library, with the reply to any query accessible–and you may’t consider something to ask.

And there’s the vegetable blindness that happens at a very good farmer’s market. After just a few stalls, it’s onerous to think about what to prepare dinner.

Shortly after high-speed web arrived, this mind-blanking set in for many individuals… you can search for something on Wikipedia, take heed to any music, learn any recipe–and in that second, our curiosity appeared to fade.

And naturally, with Claude and different AI instruments right here, it’s now a worldwide epidemic. We are able to discover info, get tutored, create code, construct illustrations, narrate tasks… a group of free interns, prepared to present it a go.

Now we have the keys to the automobile, and it’s obtained a full cost… the place are we going to go now?

December 30, 2025