Ian Vanagas

ML models are formed from combining biases and data. Sometimes the biases are strong, other times they are weak. To make a model generalize better, you need to add more biases or add more unbiased data. There is no free lunch.

Companies talked about "delighting their users" because they ran out of ideas.

Ideas are alien life forms with an agency and intelligence independent of any mind or substrate which they inhabit.

What do people actually want from their interactive experiences? The first insight from the pandemic era is that most formal presentations should simply be abolished. The sad reality is that hardly anyone is listening, or for that matter should be.

Solutions:1. Limit the amount of information provided to members2. Make information more digestible.3. Guide members on how to avoid information bankruptcy.

He defines creative activities is anything helping create something new and lasting.

We are in the age of hyper-competition. Being a big spender is a seductive way to make you feel like you belong.