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# five friday finds: prisons, print, poets
- URL: https://flyways.snowbird.global/five-friday-finds-prisons-print-poets/
- Published: 2023-12-22T08:49:43.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-05T05:51:38.000Z
- Description: In 2024, maybe get a physical newspaper subscription
- Author: Gautam Ramdurai
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1730785798323, #Import 2024-11-05 13:50

Howdy,

Sending the last FFF for the year (be back in Jan), I thought about how chaotic this year was on many fronts - this week's finds gave me new ways to frame the world in the new year:

1. [**EMBRACE & BRACE** ](https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-face-uncertain-situations-and-embrace-opportunity?ref=flyways.snowbird.global)'Uncertainty' became a daily reminder post-pandemic. Learning how to deal with it is going to be a forever skill.
2. [**PRISON STREAM** ](https://slate.com/technology/2023/12/streaming-in-prison-entertainment-gtl-viapath-movies.html?ref=flyways.snowbird.global)How streaming shapes the collective imagination is going to be something we discuss a lot more with over the next few years.
3. [**PRINT IS IN**](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/15/reading-print-improves-comprehension-far-more-than-looking-at-digital-text-say-researchers?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) As a person who still gets a printed newspaper, buys printed magazines and reads printed books, I feel validated and I encourage you to join the bandwagon.
4. [**LOVE NEWS**](https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/journalisms-next-disruptor-love/?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) The financial incentive for doom scrolling is at an all-time high. Breaking that cycle is going to require some love.
5. [**POETS MATTER**](https://restofworld.org/2023/ai-developers-fiction-poetry-scale-ai-appen/?ref=flyways.snowbird.global) Training data companies are grabbing writers of fiction, drama, poetry, and also general humanities experts to improve AI creative writing.

I am a big fan of markers of time - new years, equinoxes and solstices are all a way to breathe, reassess and press reset. Make the most of it. See y'all in 2024! 

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