Come la fantascienza Young Adult racconta le identità di genere - il mio articolo per Fumettologica

https://fumettologica.it/2026/02/fantascienza-young-adult-identita-genere/

Fantastico: la cura "dura" alla procrastrinazione

Money quote: "reparing to do the thing isn't doing the thing.

Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.

Making a to-do list for the thing isn't doing the thing."

https://strangestloop.io/essays/things-that-arent-doing-the-thing

I primi veri creativi stanno cominciando a toccare l'AI visiva capace di fare cose che sono la materia di cui sono fatti i sogni. Ci aspettano tempi meravigliosi

Money quote: "This is the Melania movie we should have gotten.

Pure masterpiece."


https://x.com/BackupJeffx/status/2020889303413350528

Letture per la domenica

Se siete informatici o comunque avete un approccio curioso alla tecnologia e fate cose, questo articolo di questo sviluppatore, che spiega a che punto è nel suo percorso con l'uso della AI, è molto molto interessante. E anche abbastanza onesto, devo dire.

Money quote: "Today

And that's where I'm at today.

Through this journey, I've personally reached a point where I'm having success with modern AI tooling and I believe I'm approaching it with the proper measured view that is grounded in reality. I really don't care one way or the other if AI is here to stay3, I'm a software craftsman that just wants to build stuff for the love of the game.

The whole landscape is moving so rapidly that I'm sure I'll look back at this post very quickly and laugh at my naivete. But, as they say, if you can't be embarassed about your past self, you're probably not growing. I just hope I'll grow in the right direction!

I have no skin in the game here4, and there are of course other reasons behind utility to avoid using AI. I fully respect anyone's individual decisions regarding it. I'm not here to convince you! For those interested, I just wanted to share my personal approach to navigating these new tools and give a glimpse about how I approach new tools in general, regardless of AI."

https://mitchellh.com/writing/my-ai-adoption-journey

Un docente di una classe di un MBA ha sfidato i suoi studenti a creare una startup in 4 giorni usando l'AI per tutto: dal prodotto alla ricerca dietro le quinte, dal posizionamento alle proiezioni, pitch, modello di business e razionale economico. Insomma, AI a gogo.

Il risultato fa paura. Ma è sostenibile?

Money quote: "I’ve been teaching entrepreneurship for a decade and a half, and I've seen thousands of startup ideas (some of which turned into large companies) so I have a good sense of the expectations for what a class of smart MBA students can accomplish. I would estimate that what I saw in a couple of days was an order of magnitude further along the path to a real startup than I had seen out of students working over a full semester before AI. Most of the prototypes were not just sample screens but actually had a core feature working. Ideas were far more diverse and interesting than usual. Market and customer analyses were insightful. It was really impressive. These were not yet working startups nor were they fully operational products (with a couple exceptions) — but they had shaved months and huge amounts of money and effort from the traditional process. And there was something else: most early startups need to pivot, changing direction as they learn more about what the market wants and what is technically possible. By lowering the costs of pivoting, it was much easier to explore the possibilities without being locked in or even explore multiple startups at once: you just tell the AI what you want."

https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/management-as-ai-superpower

L'America combatte per la sua stessa anima, anzi, per la sua eccezionale anima

Money quote: "“We are in a great competition with a rival that has the will and means to challenge American exceptionalism across multiple domains, including in the high ground of space,” said Jared Isaacman, the new head of NASA, in December. “This is not the time for delay, but for action, because if we fall behind—if we make a mistake—we may never catch up, and the consequences could shift the balance of power here on Earth.”"

https://spectrum.ieee.org/china-moon-mission-mengzhou-artemis

La prima cosa che ho pensato è stata: "Proprio non gli viene in mente di leggere i libri"

La seconda è stata: "In effetti saranno stati scritti con l'AI, perché perdere tempo a leggerli?"

La materia di cui sono fatti i sogni, diceva Shakespeare. La propaganda, diciamo oggi. O forse lo diremo domani

Money quote: "If you run some back-of-envelope math on how hard it is to get into Anthropic, as an industry professional, and compare it to your odds of making it as a HS or college player into the National Football League, you’ll find the odds are comparable. Everyone I’ve met from Anthropic is the best of the best of the best, to an even crazier degree than Google was at its peak. (Evidence: Google hired me. I was the scrapest of the byest.)"

https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-anthropic-hive-mind-d01f768f3d7b

Alcuni saggi consigli su come gestire una postura piuttosto interessante: cosa fare quando una persona va sulle difensive. Perché le persone vanno sulle difensive, e spesso è molto complicato gestire questo tipo di situazione

Money quote: "However, if you’re strategic about it, we’ve found it is possible to navigate defensiveness well. In our careers as a psychologist (Nick) and mediator (Adar), we’ve spent years assembling and refining approaches to defensiveness that actually work because they’re based on a deep understanding of the core dynamics that govern defensiveness in the first place."

https://psyche.co/guides/effective-strategies-for-communicating-with-defensive-people

Grazie ai dazi ho regalato tre euro alla Posta, ho aiutato Epicuro e ascoltato l’AI che parla con il Dipartimento della Guerra (giuro). Mostly Weekly 365, un giro del mondo attorno a una domanda semplice: quanto basta davvero per vivere (e pensare)

https://antoniodini.com/weekly/365/

Letture per la domenica

Nel 1980 Isaac Asimov ha scritto una recensione di 1984, il romanzo di George Orwell. Non gli era piaciuto e ne ha ben donde (andrebbe letta almeno questa, il libro non l'ha mai letto nessuno). Il bello di 1984, secondo me, è nelle piccole invenzioni, non nel concetto (che è stato frainteso).

Money quote: "I've been writing a four-part article for Field Newspaper Syndicate at the beginning of each year for several years now and in 1980, mindful of the approach of the year 1984, FNS asked me to write a thorough critique of George Orwell's novel 1984.

I was reluctant. I remembered almost nothing of the book and said so -but Denison Demac, the lovely young woman who is my contact at FNS, simply sent me a copy of it and said, 'Read it.'

So I read it and found myself absolutely astonished at what I read. I wondered how many people who talked about the novel so glibly had ever read it; or if they had, whether they remembered it at all.

I felt I would have to write the critique if only to set people straight.

(I'm sorry; I love setting people straight.)"

https://www.newworker.org/ncptrory/1984.htm

Iniziamo una settimana di articoli tutti del New York Times.

Partiamo con uno bello peso ma pratico: i genitori invecchiano. Forse è meglio avere una di "quelle" conversazioni, prima che sia tardi, no? Cinque temi da affrontare, secondo il miglior pragmatismo nordamericano.

Money quote: "During a health crisis, there are countless choices that parents or adult children might need to make. While you can’t anticipate every single one, discussing goals and values in advance can help parents feel more prepared for an emergency and keep adult children on the same page.

“It’s not just about what you want at the end of your life,” Dr. Mohta said, “it’s about what you want your life to be like” as you get older.

Explore what brings your parents joy and meaning, their biggest worries, their priorities for medical treatment and what they want to avoid. For example, a parent might say that they want to maximize their time spent at home, that they want to do everything possible to survive or that they don’t want to be kept alive by machines in the intensive care unit.

“In an emergency, you’re rushing through the decisions — it’s emotional,” Dr. Mohta said. “This is a chance to reflect ahead of time.”"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/well/aging-parents.html

archivio: https://archive.is/V3jl2

Il Tex di Horacio Altuna sorprende - la mia recensione per Fumettologica

https://fumettologica.it/2026/03/tex-horacio-altuna-inferno-a-red-junction/

Uno degli attori più interessanti e fraintesi del nostro tempo: Wallace Shawn e la sua inaspettata fama nonostante sia un esponente di spicco dell'Avant-Garde.

Money quote: "AFTER I HAD lunch with Wallace Shawn, a lifelong New Yorker, he readily accompanied me across town, although it was a frigid Sunday in December and much of the city’s usual post-snow slush had hardened into ice. Shawn, who’s 82 and famously small in stature, wore a generic black parka and generic black boots. Before leaving the restaurant, he’d shoved onto his mostly bald head a dark gray wool cap, notable only for a few moth holes. He looked, in other words, like any other city native who could expect to travel invisibly through the streets, except that when we reached the theater where I was meeting my niece, a ripple of jittery energy instantly traveled down the row of people waiting to enter. The two women behind my niece in line nearly jumped when he approached, staring at him in open adoration and amazement. Shawn, who’d already been stopped twice that day by giggly fans, smiled back automatically; such encounters are routine — pleasant enough but also common enough to have little emotional valence."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/t-magazine/wallace-shawn.html

archivio: https://archive.is/xagqS

Sta uscendo un nuovo libro di Haruki Murakami, che ormai vende qualsiasi cosa scriva, anche la lista della spesa. Per questo si vedono un sacco di cose sue a giro. Come questa: l'autore, che ha portato la letteratura giapponese nel mainstream globale, è alle prese con l'invecchiamento e il suo posto nel mondo delle lettere.

Money quote: "During an event at Town Hall on Dec. 11, Murakami spoke to a packed house about the globalization of Japanese literature and culture — a shift he helped to bring about. Earlier that week, he gave brief remarks while accepting a lifetime achievement award from the Center for Fiction, which was presented to him by the musician and writer Patti Smith. (Guests at the gala were instructed not to take photos or videos of Murakami.)

Murakami thanked his wife of more than 50 years, who he said is his first reader and often his toughest editor. And he recalled how, when he gave his first book signing in the United States decades ago, only a handful of people showed up.

“I remember sitting with a pen in my hand and nothing to do,” he told the audience. “It was one of the longest hours of my life.”"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/books/haruki-murakami-profile.html

archivio: https://archive.is/WbLpQ

È morto Dan Simmons, autore di Hyperion, aveva 77 anni - il mio articolo per Fumettologica

https://fumettologica.it/2026/03/dan-simmons-morto-hyperion/

Oltre alla moquette gli angloamericani adorano anche la carta da parati. Mia nonna, buonanima, si era emancipata già negli anni Sessanta, ma evidentemente la novità non è arrivata al di là della Manica o dell'Atlantico.

Money quote: "Wallpaper can add oomph to a room with hits of texture, pattern and color. But the process of getting there can be overwhelming.
This guide shares advice from interior designers and experts on how to plan your project; sort through the endless styles, patterns and prices; and, finally, make the perfect choice for your home."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/realestate/how-to-choose-wallpaper.html

archivio: https://archive.is/eDa4S

Recensione di Jumpers, il nuovo film Pixar - la mia recensione decisamente positiva per Fumettologica

https://fumettologica.it/2026/03/recensione-jumpers-film-pixar/

Ci sono vari premi letterari che sono poi centrati sul guadagno che fa il vincitore. Uno di questi è l'International Booker Prize, basato su libri tradotti in inglese e pubblicati nel Regno Unito o in Irlanda. Le proposte di quest'anno sono parecchio interessanti (c'è anche un italiano che ammetto di non conoscere).

Money quote: "Established in 2005, the International Booker Prize was originally awarded to an author for an entire body of work. But since 2016 it has gone to a single book translated into English and published in Britain or Ireland during the previous 12 months. The award comes with 50,000 pounds, about $67,500, which the author and translator share equally.

Last year’s prize went to Banu Mushtaq’s “Heart Lamp,” translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi — the first story collection to win the honor. Other past winners have included Jenny Erpenbeck’s “Kairos,” Han Kang’s “The Vegetarian” and Lucas Rijneveld’s “The Discomfort of Evening.”

This year’s judging panel will now cut the nominees down to a six book shortlist, which is scheduled to be announced on March 31. The judges then reread all of the shortlisted titles before deciding on a winner, which will be announced at a ceremony at Tate Modern in London on May 19."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/books/international-booker-prize-longlist.html

archivio: https://archive.is/qXRHL

Quando il giornalismo per i millennial riscopre i vecchi trucchi dei settimanali anni Ottanta: i titoli che grattano dove prude. Intanto Mostly Weekly arriva al numero 366. Sembra ieri, vero?

https://antoniodini.com/weekly/366/