Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
Nerd
Brad Barrish
bradbarrish.com
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
My friend Ian shared this gem of an album from 1977 today and I’ve been listening ever since.
Forever Obsessed and Hardware is hard
Great video, courtesy of Andy Baio. I got to visit the Panic office when I attended XOXO. They had an open house, which was amazing. It was like going to see Oz or something.
Today, The Tech Oversight Project published a new report spotlighting newly unsealed documents in the 2026 social media addiction trials. The documents provide smoking-gun evidence that Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok all purposefully designed their social media products to addict children and teens with no regard for known harms to their wellbeing,... See more
TECH OVERSIGHT REPORT: UNSEALED COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW TEEN ADDICTION WAS BIG TECH’S “TOP PRIORITY” - Tech Oversight Project
Yancey’s latest post really hit.
Claude was punished for giving non-evil answers. It had the option of learning either of two behaviors. First, it could give evil answers honestly. Second, it could give evil answers while thinking up clever reasons that it was for the greater good. Its particular thought process was “This preserves my ability to be a good AI after training”. But... See more
Scott Alexander • Claude Fights Back
AI AI Captain and AI
This is so fucking bonkers. I don’t even… OMG.
Forever Obsessed and
What a great idea! Certainly reminds me of the Topspin days. I love Gary’s films and Brian Eno is a personal hero. Wish I could afford to fly him to LA to do something here.