provocations
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provocations
And that’s for comparatively structured questions, like “What is the optimal way to convert input X into output Y?” It’s even harder for uncertain jobs, like “What should input Y be?” Was the team that designed the “like” button more productive than the team that produced Slack’s “emoji react” feature? We can argue indefinitely. Maybe the “like”... See more
Byrne Hobart • The Startling Convexity of Expertise
AI discovered wholly new proteins before it could count the ‘r’s in ‘strawberry’, which makes it neither vaporware nor a demigod but a secret third thing.
we USED to have communities without communication. NOWADAYS we have communication without community.
We don't necessarily need to constantly interact with people “around” us on the web. The sensation of being in the quiet companionship of someone else, like reading next to them in a cafe, is what we're missing. The sense of ambiently sharing space – of being co-present – while engaged in other activities is a staple of shared public spaces that
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Alexis Ohanian Sr. on LinkedIn: As recommendation algorithms continue to get more advanced and… | 11 comments
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being too intellectual is a terrible danger. it takes you further from your basic truth. “don’t think - feel”