Chubmeister 5000
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i bless you with the healing power of love
Chubmeister 5000
cosmos.so
AI is aggregated human intelligence. So it’s better to call it collective intelligence than artificial intelligence.
Emphasizing the collectivity (something built on the commons) over the artificiality (a feat of technology) gives us an entire new way to see, perceive and relate to the technology.
-via Holly Herndon, in conversation with Ezra Klein
Everything is beautiful and I am so sad.
This is how the heart makes a duet of
wonder and grief. The light spraying
through the lace of the fern is as delicate
as the fibers of memory forming their web
around the knot in my throat. The breeze
makes the birds move from branch to branch
as this ache makes me look for those I’ve lost
in the next room, in the... See more
This is how the heart makes a duet of
wonder and grief. The light spraying
through the lace of the fern is as delicate
as the fibers of memory forming their web
around the knot in my throat. The breeze
makes the birds move from branch to branch
as this ache makes me look for those I’ve lost
in the next room, in the... See more
Adrift - Grateful.org
Choose joy. Choose it like a child chooses the shoe to put on the right foot, the crayon to paint a sky. Choose it at first consciously, effortfully, pressing against the weight of a world heavy with reasons for sorrow, restless with need for action. Feel the sorrow, take the action, but keep pressing the weight of joy against it all, until it... See more
Maria Popova • 18 Life-Learnings From 18 Years of the Marginalian
Nurture and
In my mind, pity isn’t even analogous to compassion. Pity is just the paternalistic cousin of contempt. It allows us to see others as “those less fortunate than ourselves” (a term I loathe). Pity keeps the other person at a distance and me in a rarified state of satisfaction.... Compassion, on the other hand, draws us close.
Compassion Not Pity
I’m struggling to reconcile my deep appreciation and respect for people who unapologetically break the mold, are open to discussing and sharing controversial opinions, and shed light on taboo parts of society and psyche … with my strong motivation to avoid creating a culture where many of these taboos (mainly sex work, but other things as well) are... See more
♡s♡x.comThe joy in being open to experiences lies in allowing yourself to be changed by something unexpected.
Find the fulcrum
Three ways you unconsciously sabotage yourself:
1 Being afraid of conflict creates conflict in yourself
2 Being afraid of failure makes you play it safe (and then feel like a failure)
3 Being afraid of being alone makes you stay in relationships where you feel alone
Joe Hudsonx.comWhoa and