Hmmm
"The nucleic acids invented human beings in order to be able to reproduce themselves even on the Moon."
–Sol Spiegelman
Tiago Fortex.comI do find the video revealing. This is a man who has not carefully considered his tools and expects someone else to pick up after him. That does explain a lot about OpenAI, doesn’t it?
Elizabeth Lopatto • I have some notes on Sam Altman’s note-taking advice
"inspiration as a service" - Sari Azout
Basically, once you hit a comfortable 65 or 70 on the road, don’t bother. That’s enough. It’s a waste of time because the risk you encounter—the risk you incur on yourself, the risk you effectively impose on other people by going any faster—is utterly pointless in terms of time saved.
Adam Grant • Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
What determines a society’s health is not the existence of an elite, but the effectiveness of the elite, and whether the relationship between the elites and everybody else is mutually respectful.
David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America
I remember a psychiatrist once telling me that I gamble in order to escape the reality of life, and I told him that’s why everyone does everything.
― Norm Macdonald, 2016