Leo Guinan
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Leo Guinan
Algorithms are simply subsystems of the companies that create them, so when we want to examine the systems we use and are a part of, it is an extremely helpful lens to use.
Introduction to Abundant Systems
Algorithms can be analyzed through the lens of systems
Unlike other products of consumption, creativity is not a scarcity market, and writers have two main upsides to shared creativity:It helps them come up with new ideas - Because creativity doesn't strike in a snap of a finger, writers can't rely solely on their imagination for consistent content creation. They can't perceive the world in new ways... See more
Eliot Couvat • What Decentralized Media Means To The Future of Digital Writing
As Brian Merchant argues in his book, Blood in the Machine , the rebellion was more nuanced than we realize, standing “not against technology per se but for the rights of workers above the inequitable profitability of machines.”
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
Economics of Human Energy and Abundant Systems
This is what abundant systems recognize. It’s not about the machines or the data, it’s about the humans. When we build abundantly, we ensure that everyone is taken care of, because that builds the best possible long-term future.
Workers of the world... relax!
Bob Black • The Abolition of Work
What we have long called the creator economy is evolving to become more of a “meaning economy,” where the creators and brands and experiences that engage us will do so through story, craft, and a deeper and more sophisticated sense of meaning. The creator economy was ultimately driven by content (enabled by ubiquitous access to content creation and... See more
Meaning is tied to values. Values are scarce.
So if you have large-scale bureaucracies that need to be organized and function coherently, then you need these kind of simple, nuance-free packets of information. And I think that’s one of the reasons we’ve seen this constant rise of simplified metrical analysis.
New York Times • A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life
This illustrates the earlier point about attention: if a stimulant greatly enhances focus on a particular activity to the exclusion of clock-watching, the person might underestimate time (time seems to fly) despite the physiological tendency of the drug to speed the clock
ChatGPT
Relative experience can flip between one and the other given the right criteria
Talking about winning (even if we are identifying mistakes along the way to a win) is less painful than talking about losing, allowing new habits to be more easily trained. Identifying mistakes in hands I won reinforced the separation between outcomes and decision quality. These discussions also made me feel good about analyzing and questioning my
... See moreAnnie Duke • Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
Learn from your losses and separate outcomes vs decisions
It is never about winning. It is never about losing. It is only about contributing. It is only about learning.