Squirrel

@squirrel

Lifelong creative, insatiably curious & compulsive puzzle solver. My passion = open source intelligence (OSINT). Fascinated with mysteries of the brain & the intersection of technology.

Every journey conceals another journey within its lines… - J Winterson

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Art in Meta

Tools and experiences can ignite fresh ideas, foster deeper insights, and inspire you to do your best work.

The tools we use change the way our brains work

“The world we experience as ‘out there’ is actually a reconstruction of reality that is built inside our heads. It’s an act of creation by the storytelling brain.”

― Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better

The First Stories

Storytelling

Sapiens conquered the world because we can tell stories that inspire people to cooperate in very large numbers.

Carmine Gallo • The Power Of Storytellers To Shape Our World

Storytelling

Move over chatbots, AI agents are the next big thing. What are they?

Britney Nguyen qz.com

Future Potentials

The Corporate Transparency Act was passed into law by Congress in the final days of President Donald Trump’s first term, under the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. But the second Trump administration has been marked by rule changes and court challenges that have undermined the landmark reform.

Diffcult things that make me ponder

Mediocre computing is computing that aims for parity with mediocre human performance in a realish domains where notions of excellence are ill-posed.

Excellent computing is computing that aims to surpass the best-performing humans in stylized, closed-world domains where notions of excellence are well-posed.

Venkatesh Rao • The Dawn of Mediocre Computing - by Venkatesh Rao The Dawn of Mediocre Computing

The tools we use change the way our brains work

Thread by @mattjay on Thread Reader App

Matt Johansen threadreaderapp.com

Diffcult things that make me ponder

Whistleblower statement: DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords

Liminality (from the Latin word līmen, “threshold”) is the ambiguity that emerges in the middle of a fundamental transition. Liminality is the “in-between”, where the space and the participants no longer hold their past status, but have not yet fully transformed to their post-transition self.

Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Liminal Creativity

Liminal Space