Stardustwyn
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Stardustwyn
Days after our conversation, I attended a corporate mixer where an investor from a Silicon Valley VC fund told me bluntly, “Community building is dangerous.” We were on the topic of social media, and where moderation comes in. It’s a losing game, which makes it unattractive to investors, he said. For startups trying to pull that off, “it’s more of ... See more
Jason Parham • Searching for the Next Social Media Fix for the Next Trump Era
C.S. Lewis on the value of starting where you are:
“You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
“You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
There’s a difference between knowing the path, and walking the path.
Research shows that intuition originates in the nonverbal regions of our brain, particularly the basal ganglia and anterior cingulate cortex. These regions process patterns outside of our conscious awareness.
When we try to put intuitive insights into words, we often end up with rationalization rather than explanation. The verbal parts of our brain,... See more
When we try to put intuitive insights into words, we often end up with rationalization rather than explanation. The verbal parts of our brain,... See more
George Sudarkoff • Stop Analyzing Your Gut Feelings: A Counter-intuitive Guide to Better Leadership
From Ezra Klein:
AI might be able to churn out content faster than we can, but we still need a human mind to sift through and figure out what’s good. In other words, A.I. is going to turn more of us into editors. But editing is a peculiar skill. It’s hard to test for, or teach, or even describe. But it’s the crucial step in the creative process that
... See morerich kids being able to do art for a living may be a reflection on their privilege but it seems to me like a reflection on the fact that a human that doesn't have to worry about money will often choose art. everyone is an artist until rent is due. i wish we all had that right
“All great truths begin as blasphemies.” George Bernard Shaw
Peter D'Autry • Math and Logic Cannot Create Minds
The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.
Edward O. Wilson, debate at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Mass., 9 September 2009