Shaunna Van Hout
@svh
Shaunna Van Hout
As my work-driven identity dissolved, I felt a burning ambition across all facets of life. Instead of a desire to achieve goals that society told me were valuable, I felt a hunger to discover what makes me feel fully alive. Instead of a commitment to “winning” other people’s games, I felt a commitment to design a life that I deeply enjoy inhabiting... See more
Sam Sager • Work, Ambition, and Identity
AI Reading List
This is aimed towards the AI curious looking to go down the rabbit hole not the AI expert. It will be updated ~monthly. Recommendations are accepted via DM @JackSoslow
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I'm Not OK With This, and You Shouldn't Be Either.
thepreamble.com
But where they have the right to due process and a fair trial is in a court of law.
We can all agree that if a teacher is accused of molesting a student, they have the right to due process and a fair trial, but they should not remain in the classroom while the due process plays out. You don’t have a constitutional right to work with children.
We can all agree that if a doctor is accused of carving their initials into a patient’s uterus while performing surgery on them (yes, that really happened), they are entitled to due process and a fair trial. In a court of law. But they should not keep operating on people in the meantime. You have no constitutional right to perform surgery.
I knew I would need a lot of help to continue listening to my own inner compass and not go off track again, and so my home is full of guideposts for myself.
James Doty • Mind Magic
As I said, most companies and most interviews focus more on the question: can this person do what we need? But if you’re trying to recruit the best talent in the world, it needs to start with them. Who are they? What do they love doing? What are their ambitions? How does their past shape what they want for their future? What are they insecure about... See more
Molly Graham • Fit
I could have wrote this, so perfectly stated.
It’s the mark of a charlatan to try and explain simple things in complicated ways, and the mark of a genius to explain complicated things in simple ways