provocations

provocative ideas, musings, and statements to mull on

It’s almost impossible to safely drive a car while only looking in the rear view mirror. Only seeing where you’ve been is a terrible way to figure out where to go.

But it’s really unsafe to go forward with no idea of what came before.

andrea

these tools benefit the highly skilled more than the less skilled .

How to have a career even when OpenAI's o3 drops

ssari

referring to AI

Our moral thinking is much more like a politician searching for votes than a scientist searching for truth.

Jonathan Haidt • The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

sari

Journaling is a terrible solution to negative feelings I never understood why people recommend this. Writing is thinking. The more you write the more you ruminate and the unhappier you become. Writing is the last thing you should be doing when you’re feeling down:

Sherry x.com

alex

Josh Bowen

it matters whom we put on the stages of our world, whom we adore. Our collective love has been wildly misappropriated, particularly in Silicon Valley, but also all over the place.

Rachel Katz • Confessions of an Entrepreneur

sari

Alexis Ohanian Sr. on LinkedIn: As recommendation algorithms continue to get more advanced and… | 11 comments

linkedin.com

sari

Education is what, when, and why to do things. Training is how to do it. In science, if you know what you are doing, you should not be doing it. In engineering, if you do not know what you are doing, you should not be doing it. -Richard Hamming

alex