Category: Member Posts
If Books Could Kill – Ruined my Reading
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Don’t Believe the AI Hype
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The current hype machine in tech is all around ChatGPT and other AI models, but is there much credibility to them? Should we even be calling them AI when they’re really large language models that can merely statistically predict word combinations? This is usually only for members. Members get my weekly research notes and all…
Process Always Wins
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The tools you use matter so much less than the process you have built around using them. The latest note app won’t suddenly make you a great thinker, if you never spend the time needed on thinking. If you want to read these posts become a member. Members get my courses included..
I’m Traveling
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No members specific content today. I’m traveling with my daughter (she was invited to a skating development camp). Turns out I don’t have time to write specifically this week. Course Supporter members should start looking forward to a revamp Obsidian course I’ve started. If you’ve got tips for what you’d like in it, leave it…
Don’t Buy a Piece of Substack – Own Your Work
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Let’s talk about Substack starting its enshittification walk towards death by asking writers to prop up a company that doesn’t make money. To read this post you need to be a member. Members get my courses as well as the weekly research notes..
What Does it Take for Us To Rethink Our Most Closely Held Ideas
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Today we look at why it’s hard to rethink our closely held ideas, and how to engage in the work needed to start thinking more critically about them. If you want to read this whole post become a member. Members get all my courses included..
Owning Books is Resistance
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In today’s member post we talk about owning books as an act of resistance to censorship. Specifically physical books. If you want to read the whole post become a member. Members also get my courses..
When the Media “Demands” Our Attention
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I recently got mentioned in a Mastodon discussion about creativity. Here is the exact wording from Q. It’s hard to be productive as a creative person in the modern age because we are inundated with media that demands our attention and responses. I’d be interested to hear from other folks who do creative work. How…
Student Loan Forgiveness is Bad for Rich People
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Today we talk about why rich people want to stop student loan forgiveness. They say it’s not fair since they won’t get any debt forgiven, but really they want to make sure people that aren’t rich enough don’t compete with them for jobs. To read this whole post become a member. Members get my courses…
You’re Not Family – Business Doesn’t Care About You
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Let’s talk about the “family” rhetoric companies use to exploit workers. If you want to read these posts become a member. Members get my courses included..