provocations
provocative ideas, musings, and statements to mull on
sari and
provocations
“i should build up the technical skills so that I can use them creatively” is very precisely backward
River Dakinitwitter.comThe ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.
-David Graeber
alex and
People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on their mood. You must never assume that what people say or do in a particular moment is a statement of their permanent desires.
Robert Greene • Mastery
The story ends when enough people stop believing in it, not when the opportunity space actually dries up.
Venkatesh Rao • Narrative Slipstream Effects
a beautiful reminder to go outside, touch grass, cook, use our hands!
"On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions".
Thomas Sowell
When the Industrial Revolution made it possible to live lives without physical exertion, going to the gym became necessary to stay fit. Equally, now that the AI Revolution has made it possible to live without mental exertion, we need the mental equivalent of gyms to stay sharp.
The most valuable resource isn't algorithms, compute, or even just data. It's context.