Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
Nerd
Brad Barrish
bradbarrish.com
I mean OF COURSE Laurie Anderson created a GPT of Lou Read. I love her discussion of it. I’m also aware that many (most?) would struggle with technology explicitly intended to “speak” to dead people. My guess is that, similar to pornography, people will dabble in private and speak very little, if anything, of it.
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
Hardware is hard and
Not a fan of cassettes, but this is a pretty piece of hardware.
A lot of people have given up taking a chance on other people: that they might want to listen, that they might want to talk. But they have also given up taking a chance on themselves: that they might be able to navigate a conversation with someone new, cope with knockbacks and steer a path through any misunderstandings.
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/vivgroskop • The stranger secret: how to talk to anyone – and why you should
The climate of respiratory health in the United States—which the CDC defines as “influenza-like illnesses” (ILI)—has crossed the “epidemic” threshold and is growing. The trend seems to be tracking exactly with the 2019-2020 respiratory season.
Up, up, and away
Is there a doctor in the house?
We are on day 4 of Ozzie having the Influenza A, and I can tell you it is particularly awful. 103+ fever, absolute misery and now respiratory awfulness.
The ways our minds form meaning and connections is heavily shaped by our emotional state, but this can quickly become problematic.
The Right to be Forgotten
To test an idea, you must build it. You can’t rely on the abstract – you have to bring it into the world to play with it feel it and only then can you judge whether it’s worth pursuing or not
Christa Nicholson • The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Social Ex Point Oh and Forever Obsessed
Niche or purpose-based social networks are the way forward. The smaller, the better. I don’t know anything about this, but Rubin sent it and I love the branding. Feels very Cream Magazine.