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Will
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reddit.comSo here they are, my personal rules for blogging.
- Three posts a week, more or less.
- One idea per post. If I find myself launching into another section, cut and paste the extra into a separate draft post, and tie off the original one with the word “Anyway.” Then publish.
- No hedging, no nuance. If I’m getting in a twist about a sentence, take it out.
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15 rules for blogging, and my current streak
AI is aggregated human intelligence. So it’s better to call it collective intelligence than artificial intelligence.
Emphasizing the collectivity (something built on the commons) over the artificiality (a feat of technology) gives us an entire new way to see, perceive and relate to the technology.
-via Holly Herndon, in conversation with Ezra Klein
See Franklin Foer’s critique of this perspective in World Without Mind. Silicon Valley is chasing a metaphysical utopia of total unification, at the cost of privacy, autonomy, liberty etc.
“A 5-step process for nearly anything:
1) Explore widely. Find out what is possible.
2) Test cheaply. Run small, quick experiments. Sample things.
3) Edit ruthlessly. Focus on the best. Cut everything else.
4) Repeat what works. Don't quit on a good idea.
5) Return to 1.”
1) Explore widely. Find out what is possible.
2) Test cheaply. Run small, quick experiments. Sample things.
3) Edit ruthlessly. Focus on the best. Cut everything else.
4) Repeat what works. Don't quit on a good idea.
5) Return to 1.”
jamesclear.com • 3-2-1: On Simplifying, a 5-Step Process for Nearly Anything, and Collaboration | James Clear
So here are my new rules:
As you experiment, keep checking in, and asking questions:
- Keep it simple, make it fun.
- Start before you're ready.
- Done is better than perfect.
- Run it as a 30- or 90-day experiment. Get feedback. See what works, and what doesn't.
- If you want to, do it again. Only better.
As you experiment, keep checking in, and asking questions:
- Is this working?
- Am I enjoying it?
- Is it helping or
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