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resisting the urge to do more AI Discourse. what i see is a handful of bullies who take weird delight in the prospect of people’s jobs going away, and a legion of cowards who accept the bullies’ frame that ā€œall this is inevitableā€ and settle for trying to win clout in the social prediction market of which industry will be decimated when, and how

7:24 AM • Tuesday, May 9, 2023


slack ā€œthreadsā€ view is my own personal hell

12:08 PM • Wednesday, April 19, 2023


just talked to a guy who had a linkedin promotional group of 15 people, each of whom posted 3x/week for several months, and consistently commented on each other’s posts in an attempt to game the algorithm. result: lots of impressions, hardly any comments from outside the group, zero new business.

10:30 AM • Tuesday, April 18, 2023


ā€œTo accept opinions […] is to gain the good solid feeling of being correct without having to thinkā€ okay that explains a lot. (via: c wright mills)

6:48 AM • Tuesday, April 18, 2023


the only truly deplorable kink is the urge to legislate what other people do in the bedroom

5:12 PM • Saturday, April 15, 2023


trying to understand the social phenomenon where lazy thinkers gain clout by making grandiose proclamations about the inevitable disruption {tech thing} will bring. we saw this with crypto, metaverse, now with ai. i am tired

6:04 PM • Wednesday, April 12, 2023


as always i am devastated to confirm that 15 minutes of vigorous exercise makes me feel 100x better šŸ˜”

6:01 PM • Wednesday, April 12, 2023


techbros gonna techbro

2:53 PM • Wednesday, April 12, 2023


10:47 AM • Wednesday, April 12, 2023


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