---
title: "A gift from builders and makers"
subtitle: "A few sentences, literally."
author: "Lorenzo Ancona"
date: 2024-12-27
language: en
words: 307
canonical: https://artifactstech.substack.com/p/a-gift-from-builders-and-makers
license: CC BY 4.0
cite_as: "A gift from builders and makers by Lorenzo Ancona, Artifacts, 2024-12-27. https://artifactstech.substack.com/p/a-gift-from-builders-and-makers (CC BY 4.0)"
---
# A gift from builders and makers

**Every day this year, I set out to read something interesting**—or at least remarkable—in pursuit of a simple goal: to stay curious and, hopefully, interesting.

Most of what I read had to do with technology, **but not always.**

**The common thread, I’d say, was people who built something.** An artifact, a process, a company, a government—you name it.

And every day, **I jotted down a sentence that resonated with me.**

I kept them all in a small Moleskine notebook I carried everywhere.

By now, that’s about 366 quotes.

I went back through them, picked a handful of favorites, **and turned them into a short digital book for all the subscribers of Artifacts.**

You can read it

[from here](https://heyzine.com/flip-book/658df28634.html)

Or you can download it

[by clicking here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18I2blZIHEA0-qMDNq00YPP3FVgv27Ir0/view?usp=sharing)

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This is the cover:

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And here’s a sample page:

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> ### Save for Later

*I assume you can have a lot of time during holidays :)*

[What to watch out](https://www.interface-eu.org/publications/interfaces-tech-observatory) for in the next EU Commission for tech?

Why the AI revolution is going to be [an interface revolution.](https://stratechery.com/2024/the-gen-ai-bridge-to-the-future/?access_token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6InN0cmF0ZWNoZXJ5LnBhc3Nwb3J0Lm9ubGluZSIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJhdWQiOiJzdHJhdGVjaGVyeS5wYXNzcG9ydC5vbmxpbmUiLCJhenAiOiJIS0xjUzREd1Nod1AyWURLYmZQV00xIiwiZW50Ijp7InVyaSI6WyJodHRwczovL3N0cmF0ZWNoZXJ5LmNvbS8yMDI0L3RoZS1nZW4tYWktYnJpZGdlLXRvLXRoZS1mdXR1cmUvIl19LCJleHAiOjE3MzU3NDU1MjAsImlhdCI6MTczMzE1MzUyMCwiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkucGFzc3BvcnQub25saW5lL29hdXRoIiwic2NvcGUiOiJmZWVkOnJlYWQgYXJ0aWNsZTpyZWFkIGFzc2V0OnJlYWQgY2F0ZWdvcnk6cmVhZCBlbnRpdGxlbWVudHMiLCJzdWIiOiJEVTNZUWRQUndHejhHUlhKOXhrVzR3IiwidXNlIjoiYWNjZXNzIn0.NmlVnzkG5C4aeDn-uVNDVN6SMbGuh9iJFp11b5zHTmV95b35QBQ1O4okBe1S16pJhsH-G72Ngq7ST2G9dBOzXHx0y1MEWk1Wdg7C572is4mg0KU-6oAJRZ7iaDh8p6eAJyKCzmkeGZMtESkKRYq_vevYg4mP7cUY1byZRBlXAJ45BnM4CfzlLaQ08Is9yw9qK4a1Y4u8Ovrou7k0Qo0wVqjc_hL2TvrA01pkZtqTveQyw1OJu7fr4an8ZHeNOuyEkV7PrVDfFwf2jbK9GAzyOqYfusNQMmR9Nay689VEdutVhUQMwuPSL26MeY1PT3GCMTDFCHSF-f7LUse_7w_HGg) And why [disinformation threat](https://www.aisnakeoil.com/p/we-looked-at-78-election-deepfakes?publication_id=1008003&post_id=153082429&isFreemail=true&r=2d3svm&triedRedirect=true) is not as big as we may think.

What [Tim Cook](https://www.wired.com/story/big-interview-tim-cook-wants-apple-to-literally-save-your-life/) is cooking for us all.

How Bluesky is…skyrocketing, [in the words of their CEO](https://www.wired.com/story/big-interview-jay-graber-bluesky-2024/).

We’re running [out of data.](https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/13/24320811/what-ilya-sutskever-sees-openai-model-data-training) And how to advance [data agency & its infrastructure](https://www.projectliberty.io/news/advancing-data-agency/).

Why [something very very technical](https://cdn.sanity.io/files/d8lrla4f/staging/1007ade8eb2f028f64631d23430ee834dac17f8e.pdf/Middleware) between us and social media can make things better. For feeds and content moderation.

Why Substack (yes, the tool I use for this newsletter) is [so bad for publishers](http://Death%20by%20a%20thousand%20substacks).

What packing for holidays [reveals about us](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/why-cant-you-pack-a-bag).

🟢 Join the **[Artifacts Community on WhatsApp](https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Val57bZ4Y9lnnOssMQ2K)** [](https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Val57bZ4Y9lnnOssMQ2K) to get other Save for Later content!

> ### ☕?

If you want to know more about Artifacts, where it all started, discuss sentences you read, or just want to connect...

[Let's grab a virtual coffee ☕](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ2ibxlzyU7rgnuoTgqXb_DFc19dfHmJeu1OAu17IY0_oHrtcJtvtctAJnMabirgZNx5Z5NAPGs0)