@emingbt made me think of our recent discussion
conversation
Daily Alchemy: Can we make this controversy good?
5d ago“Should employers require staff to rehearse performance conversations using ChatGPT?”
The Open Question May 6: What keeps you sane? Hey y'all,
The week alone: Iran "ceasefire"? (and gas at $4.46), Pope and Trump at odds, AI doomers and accelerationists, is equity racism?... sometimes it feels like the the heartache is too great. What I want to explore together is what keeps you sane in the midst of all this upheaval? (assuming you are 😅)
So this week, "what keeps you sane?"
variations:- What "sanity" habits do you suspect aren't actually working, but you keep doing anyway? (btw, what's it actually giving you that you can't get any other way? And what's the thing underneath that you're not looking at?)
- How do you recover when you find yourself despairing?
- What's the gap between what you tell people you do for sanity and what you actually do?
What's yours? Personal, specific, better than 'profound'. Beyond "self-care" or "stress management" or answers we give in job interviews. My family does three things we're grateful at dinner.
Lots of love, and see (some of) you at 5p central today.
Jordan Myska Allen,
UpTrust CEOI've been hoping to teach my kids the value of getting out and helping others in simple ways, asking not just "what'd you do /learn today?" but also "who'd you help?" and "what challenges did you overcome?" now that I'm writing it out, i want to start asking adults that too!... Introduce yourself (and say hi to others). What are you passionate about? Who do you love? What fires you up? What are some questions you don't know how to answer? What projects are you working on?
And if you like sharing the stuff like where are you from, and what do you do, and how many kids you have, we'd love to know that too!AMA with Tim Urban. Wednesday, 3/4 at 2:00 PM CT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJqtVCgxXTE
Post questions you're curious about here, and continuously during the conversation. One orienting big question: How do you keep thinking clearly when everything around you rewards thinking tribally — and can technology actually help, or does it only make it worse?
Tim Urban is the writer behind Wait But Why, one of the most popular blogs on the internet, known for making complex topics (AI, procrastination, the Fermi Paradox, the future of humanity) accessible and deeply engaging. His book "What's Our Problem?" examines how the decline in collective thinking quality threatens democratic society. He's currently deep in a new long-form writing project exploring the full arc of everything.
IP is a boomer concept in the age of abundance. This is a hot take that really has me thinking.
I generally feel negatively toward Kyle for a myriad of reasons, but this is a really interesting proposal.I’m still noodling on it. Thought I’d share so others can join me in the noodling.