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- you can rest assured that whatever kaleidoscope of stimulation (or even intoxication) AI conjures, you will get bored of it; getting bored is what we do, and it turns out to be a rather profound feature of our consciousness
from The irrepressible monkey in the machine by Mills Baker
- Quickly, though, I cared quite a bit—about the mission, my coworkers, the writers we worked with. First of all, I couldn’t fake liking the people. And while work-life balance would’ve been pleasant, you have to get in the pressure cooker if you want to grow. Let a place shape you, at least sip the kool-aid. My generation is well-practiced in the ar... See more
via jasmine sun
- THERE IS A GOD SHAPED HOLE IN OUR HEART, AND (THIS IS THE HERETICAL MOMENT) IN OUR ECONOMY
We know the millennial core answers to this God shaped hole. It's "Soul Cycle" and the like. But we can't reach God pedaling and not going anywhere.from My Hereticon Talk - Spiritual Technology by Reggie James
- Technologists are obsessed with reaching god (lower case g) AS technology
Instead reaching God (upper case G) THROUGH technologyfrom My Hereticon Talk - Spiritual Technology by Reggie James
- Build the game you can win . The corollary to the above is that to succeed; you must build a game that you are singularly suited to play.
from 52 Tiny Venture Lessons by Mario Gabriele
- Platforms like TikTok and Instagram are engines of distraction and cultural rot. They stand in front of the more difficult but more rewarding aspects of life: deep work, intimate connections with friends and loved ones, focused attention for hobbies with intrinsic rewards. By training users to crave constant novelty and the immediate approval of an... See more
from TikTok and Instagram are intellectual poison by Adam Singer
attention is sacred and dreaming of a better internet
"Irony is the song of a bird that has come to love its cage." - David Foster Wallace
- Many things in modernity are brain dead, but I can’t think of anything worse than the short form dystopias of TikTok and Instagram. They’re materially making people dumber, breeding addict behavior (particularly in the young) and ultimately ruining the lives of normies. It’s depressing to think about the countless kids who might have started garage... See more
from TikTok and Instagram are intellectual poison by Adam Singer
- Don’t think your way there — feel your way there.
from A breakthrough interface for generative AI by Colin