reading, watching & listening to
sharing a selection of things I'm reading and find thought provoking
reading, watching & listening to
it's my party and i'll use AI if i want to
wildbarestepf.substack.com
How to Discover Your Own Taste
open.spotify.comTaste is not merely superficial preferences but a fundamental human experience linked to moral judgment and self-discovery.
The internet lacks the patience for difficulty and comprehension, resulting in a poor version of culture compared to what existed before.
Many people desire alternatives to the current internet and are frustrated with the lack of human curation.
From Jeff Bezos’ conversation with Lex Fridman:
... See moreIf you think about the good old days, they're mostly an illusion. Like, in almost every way, life is better for almost everyone today than it was, say, 50 years ago or 100 years ago. We live better lives, by and large, than our grandparents did and their grandparents did, and so on. And you can see
Models All The Way Down
knowingmachines.org
a really well done ELI5 explainer on AI training models. read this closely and you’ll learn a lot about how the incentives of the commercial web impact the quality of the training data.
Climbing out of the rabbit hole
docs.google.coman honest reflection from Yancey Strickler on stepping out of the crypto rabbit hole.
I read this in print (via Printernet’s exceptional curation). It beautifully captures the spirit of print. And Kai is a really good interviewer.
How to Make a Living as an Artist
essays.fnnch.com
