Justin Reidy
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Justin Reidy
I think that the appearance of generative AI with its seemingly magical abilities to unleash the creative beast lurking inside all of us has broken our brains a little bit and it has become difficult to think straight when it comes to the intersection of the technology and humanity and what being creative involves.
John Warner • Speed and Efficiency are not Human Values
Psychologist Adam Grant on how to elicit feedback:
“When people hesitate to give honest feedback on an idea, draft, or performance, I ask for a 0-10 score.
No one ever says 10. Then I ask how I can get closer to a 10.
It motivates them to start coaching me – and motivates me to be coachable. I want to learn how to close the gap.”
“When people hesitate to give honest feedback on an idea, draft, or performance, I ask for a 0-10 score.
No one ever says 10. Then I ask how I can get closer to a 10.
It motivates them to start coaching me – and motivates me to be coachable. I want to learn how to close the gap.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On Obsessing Over Details, How to Elicit Feedback, and Seeking What Is Significant | James Clear
I find for myself that my first thought is never my best thought. My first thought is always someone else’s; it’s always what I’ve already heard about the subject, always the conventional wisdom. It’s only by concentrating, sticking to the question, being patient, letting all the parts of my mind come into play, that I arrive at an original idea. B
... See moreWilliam Deresiewicz • Solitude and Leadership
To him - and again, he is not alone in this - the benefit of generative AI is in streamlining the production of a text product.
An Unserious Book
Text is not prose
I think that the appearance of generative AI with its seemingly magical abilities to unleash the creative beast lurking inside all of us has broken our brains a little bit and it has become difficult to think straight when it comes to the intersection of the technology and humanity and what being creative involves.
John Warner • Speed and Efficiency are not Human Values
AI’s creative contribution also enhances the creative performance of old intellectuals, because the bottom line is not the number of ideas. It’s how well you choose the final idea and how well you execute on refining it. The more raw ideas we dump into that sausage maker, the more flavorful the final sausage. (And whether you find this metaphor cre... See more
AI Is More Creative Than 99% of Humans — on One Metric
Our deepest connection to this world is not reason but relation. People who, in tragedy, lose their faith do so not because they learn something new about God but because their relationship with God changes from experiencing God’s world in a new and painful way. Though reason must be allowed its say and sway, we come to God as we come to any deep r... See more
David Wolpe • The God Who Dwells in Doubt | SAPIR Journal
Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done.