Molly Simpson
@spagmol
thinker, feeler, third-wheeler
collecting dots here, connecting them there ￬
Molly Simpson
spagmol.substack.com
On Bullshit
The document discusses the nature and prevalence of bullshit, distinguishing it from lying and exploring its connection to skepticism and the pursuit of personal sincerity.
www2.csudh.eduWalking through your own corridors of emotions, so that one day you can hold the hand of someone else as they walk through their own.
AI has blown this world open. Almost all pressure to write has dissipated. You can have AI do it for you, both in school and at work.
The result will be a world divided into writes and write-nots. There will still be some people who can write. Some of us like it. But the middle ground between those who are good at writing and those who can't write... See more
The result will be a world divided into writes and write-nots. There will still be some people who can write. Some of us like it. But the middle ground between those who are good at writing and those who can't write... See more
Paul Graham • Writes and Write-Nots
Craft Is the Antidote to Slop
"The devil’s oldest strategy is, of course, promising godlike creation without godlike effort." https://t.co/3LMU326wSe
💡 on beauty and 💡 me, myself and AI
The devil’s oldest strategy is, of course, promising godlike creation without godlike effort.
what matters resides in relationships rather than things – between us, rather than within us.
James Bridle • Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
Author and entrepreneur Eliot Peper on taking risks:
"If you know something's going to work, it's not worth working on. It requires no courage. It requires no faith. It requires no skin in the game. Whether you're a spy or a teacher or a spouse or a painter or an abuela or an astronaut or a monk or a barista or a board-game designer, the bits that
... See more“Give to someone only as much of you they are able to receive. If their vessel isn’t spacious enough to hold all of you, there will only be an overflow of rejection.”
Still hard to believe that access to infinite information made us dumber
Dylan O'Sullivansubstack.com