MargaretC
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MargaretC
We send people away for years, tell them exactly what to do every day and they get to make exacrly one choice every day: do you obey or not? That's the only choice you get to make. Then, after 3, 5, 10 years, we send them out into society and tell them, "Make better choices." But we haven't prepared them for that at all. We have given them almost n... See more
Books I want to remember and Things that inspired or pushed me to take action
For the first day or two I felt stunned, overwhelmed. I could only apprehend my felicity; I was too confused to taste it sincerely. I wandered about, thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile, suddenly let loose after a forty years' confinement. I could scarce trust myself with myself. It was like passing out of Time into Eternity—for it is a sort of Eternity for a man to have his Time all to himself. It seemed to me that I had more time on my hands than I could ever manage. From a poor man, poor in Time, I was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue; I could see no end of my possessions; I wanted some steward, or judicious bailiff, to manage my estates in Time for me. From “The Superannuated Man” 1823
Laugh Track City (improv comedy show)
youtube.comCalm Your Nerves - Yoga for Mental Health - Day 28 with Mariya Gancheva
youtube.comNervous System and Yoga
Books I want to remember and The Opposite of Lonliness
Priya Parker Gatherings.
I struggle to recall the name Encounterism.
Lonelines
Pip Decks Review — Are they worth the hype?
youtube.comI've watched a few videos on these cards and I think they'd be incredibly useful for lots of tasks. They really help with getting you to think in new ways. Right now, the storytelling one is probably most useful to me.
Made me smile and feel like 10 again!
In my local bookshop whilst browsing in the interiors I found a sealed blue envelope in one of the books. It wasn't addressed to anyone and there wasn't another one in other copies of the same book. I felt it was for me to open!! Not quite the words or message I'd hoped for but an enchanting experience.
Tedium is a regular part of my job. But today the graphs and calculations fall away as I inhale the scent of dirt and spruce needles. Out here, I am half scientist, half disciple. I’ve left the laboratory far behind and, with it, the need to quantify and contain. In its place, I’ve reconnected with the simple act of observation.
Caroline Van Hemert • The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
But there's just something about the immediacy and interactivity of Claude's "Artifacts" window, combined with the model's less stilted tone that brings it home.
For the most avarege users, these seemingly minor difference matter so much more than raw performance on abstract LLM benchmarks.
For the most avarege users, these seemingly minor difference matter so much more than raw performance on abstract LLM benchmarks.