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Pamela Pavliscak studies how technology makes us feel, whether that's low-key anxious, oddly soothed, or occasionally unhinged. She’s a design researcher who looks at everyday internet experiences like group chats that won’t stop buzzing, apps we open without thinking, and the strange comfort of AI companions that listen a little too well. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, NPR, Fast Company, Quartz, and Slate, and she’s spoken at SXSW, TEDx, and Web Summit.

Pamela blends psychology, design, and cultural observation to make sense of why being online can feel both intimate and exhausting, and how technology might support emotional well-being instead of constant overwhelm. She has collaborated with organizations including Adobe, G
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Capability Glow > Feeling the AI Upgrade

A Friday feeling for the emotionally online, cataloging the moods, memes, and mediated sensations of digital life.

◈ DEFINITION

Capability glow is the subtle sense of expanded competence that emerges from working with AI. Tasks feel more manageable and complexity, less intimidating. A stuck problem becomes a structured one.

It’s not quite pride and not quite relief. More like a sudden lum

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