Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
Nerd
Brad Barrish
bradbarrish.com
Human Stuff and Art
The Red Hand Files are a secret treasure. This particular question was about being at a crossroads.
Here’s my year-end playlists. Been doing this for a long time. Hope you find something you enjoy. I’m getting the hell off Paragraph soon, but until then, that’s where these things live. I wish it was easier to do email lists like the tinyletter days.
Meta!
All business and Culture building
Max Levchin on disagreeing
I don’t understand how anyone can say they’re anti something that’s potentially creative. If it’s not working for you today it could work for you a year from now. Soon conversations like that won’t even matter. It’s like discussing the Internet. It already is.
Steven Zeitchik • Harmony Korine Avoids Books, Doesn’t See Movies and Thinks AI Is the Art Form That Holds the Most Promise
AI and
Not long ago, America was more than the sum of its parts. Now, it is less. Around World War II, we were proud as a people but modest as individuals. Fewer than two people in ten said yes when asked, Are you a very important person? Today, more than six in ten say yes. Where we once thought ourselves collectively strong, we now regard ourselves as... See more
William Strauss • The Fourth Turning
Perfectionism often wears the mask of high standards , ambition , discipline. It parades itself as virtue, a propriety. In reality, it is rarely about the pursuit of excellence but the terror of being perceived as inadequate.
perfectionism is a form of shame
This stuff is straight out of science fiction: being able to have an audio conversation with a capable LLM about things that it can “see” through your camera is one of those “we live in the future” moments.
Simon Willison • Gemini 2.0 Flash: An outstanding multi-modal LLM with a sci-fi streaming mode
Simon Willison on the release of Google Gemini 2.0 Flash and it’s multi-modal capabilities.
Web Ex Point Oh and Human Stuff
I continue to find amazing things on Bear like this.
Bear’s Discovery Feed > Hacker News