sparks

How has writing online affected the relationships in your life?

I like this question because the answer is yes but probably not for the reason you’d think. There might be this idea that writing personally online could create more depth in your relationships, but I have actually found the opposite to the extent that when you share a lot online it so... See more

Talking about friendship with Leandra Medine Cohen

I hope the sense of struggling, rather than knowing, is palpable here.

Rayne Fisher-Quann • the ends of empathy

love the honesty here - it’s not write what you know, it’s write to understand what you don’t know

Steering wheel mindset may even help us discover the magical place where what only you can do meets what the world needs. I think what most people, especially hyperagents, really want is reconnection to purpose . It’s immediately obvious when you meet someone on the right path for them. They become less comparative, less acquisitive and less anxiou... See more

Tom Morgan • For The Person Who Has Everything

the ideal gift for someone who has everything? a steering wheel mindset

AI people think they’re creating some superintelligence apocalypse, but really it’s just the final, hyper-optimized chapter of the existing Internet.

the way to get outside myself was to go further in

Ava • a blog is a space for dreaming

Whenever a prediction is made about people, it is an attempt to deny they are creative and can do the unexpected. Sure, you might ask your friend where they would like to have coffee and they respond just as they always do. “You’re so predictable” you might say. Of course that’s not a prediction. You share a culture - a history - a set of memes tha... See more

Humans are Creative

The biggest bottleneck in building superintelligence is that AI agents are not as of yet very good at evaluating how they’re doing at a given goal. If they could better self-assess, they could self-improve. And digital self-improvement loops could lead to superintelligence. Making progress on importing particular human taste/judgement into LLMs cou