Leo Guinan
@leoguinan
Leo Guinan
Confidence is a necessary ingredient for success in any area of life. So is humility, but if you’re not careful, humility can morph into a kind of imposter syndrome that stops you in your tracks.
(Con)fidence Man
Humility in actions and language can lead to imposter syndrome in thoughts
The US Copyright Office ruled that you cannot copyright AI generated art.
Muddy Colors • Robots vs. Lawyers
H]uman beings need all the relatives they can get–as possible donors or receivers not necessarily of love, but of common decency.... See more
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When we were children in Indianapolis, Indiana, it appeared that we would always have an extended family of genuine relatives there. Our parents and grandparents, after all, had grown up there with shoals of siblings
Austin Kleon • KURT VONNEGUT ON THE NEED FOR BUILDING EXTENDED FAMILIES
Extended Family is important. Why not choose the extended family we bring in?
Justin Jackson (@mijustin.bsky.social)
bsky.app
Tasting Burnout - creating publicly on the internet
The binge eating and compulsive spending, the perfectionism and procrastination, the ways we habitually go into hiding.
The Source 🌊
A lot of this is rooted in societal pressures.
Many people who don’t survive the Beowulf arc
every story is a degrowth story
Nobody survives the Beowulf arc
“Because it’s cool” is an underrated way to make decisions
-via Jason Yuan
This is at the heart of BIPU. Making it easier to go from there to the world.
"when the data and anecdotes disagree, the anecdotes are usually right. it’s not that the data is miscollected, it’s that you’re not measuring the right thing"
Jeff Bezos on the Lex Fridman podcast
Friendships provide a safe place to be vulnerable, uncomfortable, ask “stupid questions,” and genuinely contribute to each other’s development, empathy, and understanding.