Kojo
@kojobaffoe
Storyteller, Writer, Content Strategist, Freelance Editor, Author: Listen To Your Footsteps, Host: Listen To Your Footsteps Podcast, African, Father
Kojo
kojobaffoe.com
we’ve turned everything in life into a giant popularity contest–everything you say, everything you experience, everything you see, and even everything you feel–is a product of a giant worldwide counter of likes and follows. It’s a planet-wide exercise in objective convergence, a giant narcissism amplifier that cynically assumes that competing for... See more
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People worried about AI taking their jobs and taking control are competing with a myth. Instead, people should train themselves to be better humans even as they develop better AI. People are still in control, but they need to use that control wisely, ethically and carefully.
Esther Dyson • Don’t Fuss About Training AIs. Train Our Kids
Find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about [italics mine]. It is this genuine caring, and not your games with language, which will be the most compelling and seductive element in your style.
Kurt Vonnegut • Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style
Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work
Emily Temple • Life Advice from Jennifer Egan and All Your Other Favorite Authors
Neil Gaiman has two rules when he sits down to write:1. He doesn't have to write anything if he doesn't feel like it.2. He can't leave or do anything else until the writing time he set aside is over.(This comes from his appearance on the Tim Ferriss podcast - it's worth a listen.)
Josh Spector on LinkedIn: Neil Gaiman has two rules when he sits down to write: 1. He doesn't have… | 12 comments
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