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What is the best interview you’ve read, seen or heard? Some for me Bill Moyers + Joseph Campbell Paul Cronin + Werner Herzog Francisco Varela + Dalai Lama Tim Ferriss + Jerry Seinfeld Oprah + Elie Wiesel What would you throw on the pile?

The strong version of Goodhart's law underlies most of my personal fears around AI (expect a future blog post about my AI fears!). If there is one thing AI will enable, it is greater efficiency, on almost all tasks, over a very short time period. We are going to need to simultaneously deal with massive numbers of diverse unwanted side effects,

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At the same time, as I wander the internet, I wonder where the digital gardens are that will connect me to fellow gardeners more deeply. More often than not, the digital gardens of today are botanic—privately owned online spaces made for visitors to fawn over while a “do not touch” sign looms in view. These private gardens are generative for our p

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I regret to inform you that the entry fee for having "high agency" is you take responsibility for ~everything

And so, a good starting point for any brand to think like a curator is to create your own aesthetic world instead of simply relying on your product’s aesthetic or your visual handwriting. A brand’s aesthetic world is infinite: it extends to a pair of sneakers, a piece of furniture, a playlist, and even collaborations.

No industry was spared from the effects of Covid-19, but restaurants were undoubtedly one of the hardest hit. The numbers prove the stark reality: food service industry sales fell by $240 billion in 2020 from a projected $899 billion, and more than 110,000 eating and drinking establishments closed last year nationwide (that doesn’t include what’s s... See more

Who we follow has a disproportionate effect on the relevance and quality of what we see on much of Western social media because the apps were designed that way.