Andreas Vlach
@vlach
Andreas Vlach
Many late-diagnosed ADHDers spent years assuming we were bad or broken. So by the time the diagnosis arrives, we've already built an entire identity around compensating for what we thought were character flaws.
We became perfectionists to cover up how much we struggle, and people-pleasers to make up for being... See more
Kelly Bankssubstack.com
Procrastination and
if these AI systems ever become self-aware and power-hungry, like people such as Geoffrey Hinton believe to be a possible scenario, they’ll know exactly what to do when they risk being shut off. The blueprint is readily available. It turns out all you need to do is to social engineer large swaths of the population into parasocial relationships and... See more
“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
— Cormac McCarthy
We want a platform where we can swim in curiosity, where we can feel like our contributions amount to more and more over time, where we are encouraged to seek out the most arcane pieces of information and to juxtapose those pieces of information with current events in order to re-orient ourselves.
Above all, we want to be able to play with
... See moreCharles Broskoski • Information Systems
It turns out my really big problem was thinking I might one day get rid of all my problems, when the truth is that there's no escaping the mucky, malodorous compost-heap of this reality. Which is OK, actually. Compost is the stuff that helps things grow.
Oliver Burkeman • What if you never sort your life out?
“We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.”
—Virginia Satir
Alex Brogantwitter.com
van Gogh