First Resonant Computing event (NYC), signatories include Esther Dyson, Hank Green, Kim Scott, Ben Hunt
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There's a feeling you get in the presence of beautiful buildings and bustling courtyards. A sense that these spaces are inviting you to slow down, deepen your attention, and be a bit more human.
What if our software could do the same?
📍First gathering: Resonant Computing Collective — New York City, March 26.
Join us for an evening of conversation and lightning talks exploring what resonant computing looks like in practice, organized by ex/ante, Betaworks, and Analogue. 6:00–8:30 PM EDT. RSVPs close March 20. Space is limited. luma.com/508orn60
✍️ From the signatories
The manifesto's signatories include:
"I'm gonna resonant computing so hard that my adaptive pluriverse becomes as prosocial as a god damned golden retriever." — Hank Green, Bluesky
“Let's build hyper-personalized AI-powered software that avoids the attention hijacking anti-patterns that defined so much of the last decade of software design - here's our manifesto with principles on how we can do that” — Simon Willison, X
💭 Food for thought
Can We Save the Internet? (The Atlantic) — On the gap between AI that feels like your friend and AI aligned with your interests.
Can software platforms reverse enshittification? (Risk Gaming) — On whether the ratchet can run in reverse. The case that resonant software isn't just principled: it's a viable business model.
🔎 Principles in practice
ATProto: The Enshittification Killswitch That Enables Resonant (Techdirt) — How the protocol behind Bluesky makes platform lock-in economically impossible. You own your identity, data, and connections, and can take them anywhere.
Hardware Is a Fruit (Not Boring) — How hardware can enable software that doesn't optimize against you. The margin buys time for good defaults to win. Case in point: Daylight Computer.
What DFOS Is Becoming (Metalabel) — How to redesign community software around attention rather than engagement: fewer notifications, more signal, no algorithmic optimization.
Building, writing, or reading something resonant? Email resonant-computing-feedback@googlegroups.com
