Espresso Shots 7-12-26

It's that time again for my weekly update, which includes a short collection of noteworthy finds, posts that inspire, as well as a few reflections from the past week or two. I'll aim to land these in your inbox by the weekend, in time to pair with your morning coffee (or your preferred cup of inspiration).The Latest Drippings ☕️Google Is Making Us Less Curious (gift link). Only a few people I know of saw this one coming regarding the enshittification of search when big tech started to integrate AI-generated summaries into the answers. At first, it was kinda funny to watch Google miss the mark so badly, telling us that we should eat at least one small rock per day. But Anne-Laure Le Cunff points out a deeper problem: it short circuits our own biology. 'People in a state of curiosity, while waiting for an answer to an intriguing question, remember unrelated information they encounter during that time far better than they otherwise would. They found that waiting for an answer activates…