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✍️ New post: The Shape of Friction I wrote a short blog post reply to @davatron5000.bsky.social’s recent post (👏) about generative AI, friction, and people. matthiasott.com/notes/the-sh...

matthiasott.comThe Shape of Friction · Matthias OttWeb design engineer, UX designer, teacher, and speaker – helping teams build websites and digital products with a focus on CSS, accessibility, and performance.

21/3/26, 11:07 am28 reposts91 likes

Ric Le Poidevin

This is so true. I'd also add to this, what are the important things we should truely value? I believe that's human interactions, as that's where life is lived.

Good writeup! I'm reading more and more people reclaiming friction lately. Some of my favourites: Daniele Procida's vurt.org/articles/my-...

vurt.orgMy favourite German word - Daniele ProcidaIf creators of documentation are prepared to sacrifice its human purpose in order that LLMs can more effectively slurp it up and regurgitate it on demand, then they have meekly accepted values that mo...

@tante.cc 's tante.cc/2025/07/30/f...

tante.ccFriction and not being touchedThe journalist Karen Hao – who published an absolutely fantastic book about OpenAI called “Empire of AI” recently – coined (as far as I know) one of the best terms for describing modern “AI” systems: ...

@kjezermorton.bsky.social 's www.thecut.com/article/broo...

thecut.comIn 2026, We Are Friction-MaxxingIn the face of technologies that sell us escapism at every turn, we need to build up tolerance for “inconvenience.”

@citymystic.bsky.social 's houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/you-dont-n...

houseofmirrors.substack.comYou Don't Need to Log off, You Need to Become SensualThe digital world the wealthy are creating is designed to detach us from our bodies

@spavel.bsky.social

Oh hell yeah, I've been beating this drum for years. Friction is texture. Frictionless is slippery.

@rolfsmeds.bsky.social

100% this. (Also, 10 points for continvoucly morged - I had almost forgotten that gem)