Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
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Brad Barrish
bradbarrish.com
There will be people who say, “Hey, you work for a company and that company has the right to expect employees to adhere to what’s good for the company”. That’s true except we’re talking about news organizations that have public obligations and who are obliged to nurture a free press in a democracy. Owners of such press organizations are... See more
There will be people who say, “Hey, you work for a company and that company has the right to expect employees to adhere to what’s good for the company”. That’s true except we’re talking about news organizations that have public obligations and who are obliged to nurture a free press in a democracy. Owners of such press organizations are... See more
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I cancelled my subscription to The Washington Post some time ago. It has proven, especially in the last few months, to have been the right decision.
Flighty is one of my very favorite apps. It’s exceptionally well-designed and extremely useful. They just pushed some big UX updates, including this cool year-end passport, which I thought was nice. I had many years of travel data in TripIt, which I was able to import. Cannot recommend this app enough. Because I travel somewhat infrequently, I just pay the monthly subscription before my flight and then deactivate it after travel is complete. Nice to have that as an option.
A number of people are talking about implications of AI to schools. I spoke about some of my thoughts to a school board earlier, some highlights:
1. You will never be able to detect the use of AI in homework. Full stop. All "detectors" of AI imo don't really work, can be defeated in various ways, and are in principle... See more
Andrej Karpathyx.com
I love/hate the idea of our environment making up for our lack of self-control.
There is a way forward that works for writers, readers, collectors, creators, and everyone.
It starts with us owning our work and allowing others to pay us to collect our work.
avc.xyz • Minting Is the Native Business Model for Web3
From Richard Feynman’s 1974 commencement address at CalTech. It’s pretty amazing how relevant this still is, perhaps even more so!