Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
Nerd
Brad Barrish
bradbarrish.com
We're all going to die and Luxury Economy & New Luxury
A big thing I have changed my mind about over the last few years is the importance of efficiency. I hate that I was such a sucker. I bought in. I joined the cult. I do still get triggered by stupidity disguised as inefficient processes, I’ve stopped looking at the world through a lens of efficiency. Being slow, having time to think, having your own thoughts, disconnecting, not being tethered to a device – these are luxuries.
A certain strand of technology might be accelerating, but culture is going nowhere in particular — a decaying orbit around a decades-old gravity well; cycling & recycling; pastiche & déjà vu; playlist set to loop.
Robin Sloan • The Golden Sardine
I had seen / heard this previously, but it popped up again today. Easily one of the best commercials ever made. Hearing Steve’s voice not only gave me chills, but choked me up as well.
honestly, i kind of feel like i'm just preparing for when the corpo-gov ai consumes all of the world's compute manufacturing and resources and regular people who want to use computers are left to scavenge the outdated and decommissioned scraps of hardware and software from the bygone age of the personal computing revolution. i suppose that's why... See more
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Tyler Cowen and Gwern have both seen it.
'But who reviews it? Is TLS going to pick it up? It doesn't matter anymore.'
AI AI Captain and AI
Is This Real Life? and Discuss amongst yourselves
So many people noticing things!
You and I are gonna live forever
I’ve been recording answers to these questions as I have time (or make time), but it’s been a while. I’ve probably shared this link with more people, especially parents, than any other link. I love the idea behind it, but think of it a little different – maybe more selfishly.
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