reading, watching & listening to
sharing a selection of things I'm reading and find thought provoking
reading, watching & listening to
The Good Whale
open.spotify.comhaven’t been into a podcast this much since the Serial days. the story behind Keiko, the whale in Free Willy.
great principles on translation. applies to summaries as well. it’s why AI summaries feel so dead.
Embracing Paradox
Exploring the balance between opposing principles in investment, such as trust versus skepticism, patience versus urgency, and transparency versus confidentiality, emphasizing the importance of harmony in decision-making.
static1.squarespace.comGeoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life - AppleTV
tv.apple.comCraft
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fascinating historical perspective.
our ancestors experienced day-to-day unpredictability (you could die from childbirth, starvation was a constant threat, etc…) but global stability (if your parents were peasants, you’d prob be a peasant).
modern humans inverted that - routine defines us but there is global instability (the world is constantly changing - technology, climate, politics)
other weird things about modern life:
children teach their parents how to use tools that are critical to thriving in modern society, a complete inversion of the transmission of knowledge through generations.
non-local social comparison - we compare ourselves to billions of people, not a few hundred in close proximity to us.
we are distanced from nature, whereas for generations before survival was tied to understanding the natural world.
