alex
@alexwastaken
curious librarian
alex
a glorious rewrite of the giving tree. much rather model society on this.
An example of how Nick Gray brings delight to gatherings (Nick is the author of the 2 hour cocktail party):
One event I recently went to that was hosted by Nick himself had this amazing moment: he was sharing his favorite TikToks on a TV at the front of the room w/ about 30 people.
One TikTok came up w/ a viola player, but it froze & we couldn’t
... See moreSometimes you want to say things, and you’re missing an idea to make them with, and missing a word to make the idea with. In the beginning was the word. That’s how somebody tried to explain it once. Until something is named, it doesn’t exist.
There are many smart and talented people who struggle to execute their long-term vision precisely because they can do so many different things: they get distracted by everything, do nothing. People who get things done simply know how to focus, how to commit, how to make a choice.
Opinionated people on social media fall into five categories:
Principled-Brave: Say what they think regardless of what's popular
Principled-Timid: Say what they think when it's safe to do so
Bandwagoner: Say whatever's popular
Principled-Contrarian: Say what they think when others aren't saying it
Contrarian As a Principle: Go against whatever... See more
I think the image generation models, trained on the Everything of pictures, are: probably not okay. They don’t do anything except make more images. They pee in the pool.
Flawed way of looking at it. Yes it can do this but it can also help more people make better art.
“I thought to myself if you can hit rock bottom doing the safe things everyone wants you to do, then you might as well hit rock bottom doing what you want to do.”