Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
The Illusions of Barbell Theory
fakepixels.substack.com
In a 2017 interview, Ev Williams (the founder of Twitter), said something that has stuck with me since: “the trouble with algorithms, is that it rewards extremes. Say you’re driving down the road and see a car crash. Of course you look. Everyone looks. The internet interprets behavior like this to mean everyone is asking for car crashes, so it trie... See more
sari azout • My Favorite Questions
Ted Kaczynski had an insight: technology doesn't make things better, it makes them weirder and higher variance. You are not supposed to spend the prime of your life photocopying stuff and doing PowerPoints. You're supposed to chop wood, hunt and maybe wage war. Women are supposed to be pregnant most of the time when they're 16-40. Modern society is... See more
A Rant Against Maximization
medium.com
Kinda disappointed in humanity rn.
I write hundreds of thoughtful, thorough, well-researched blog posts about how things will change, how we can adapt, and they get 20 to 30 likes on Substack.
I write a couple of grimdark vibe articles that riff one what could possible go wrong, and they a... See more
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