Im with you... to some extent. I come from parts of the world where there is real material poverty and so this is tangible food on the table and a better life in some sense...at least for her family if not for her.
The question though is why that material poverty exists in so many parts of the world that were once pretty advanced civilizations.... Colonialism def had a part to play there. So the irony isn't lost that western powers exploited and extracted from civilizations and cultures that were different from theirs..all in the name of progress of course..and now those parts of the world are dependent on the breadcrumbs thrown their way by different western powers.
> To make friends, be one -- figure out what this means
> Be vulnerable -- the quickest way to connection I have found is to be ok with sharing your vulnerability first
> Be ok with rejection -- the danger of being vulnerable is getting rejected, be ok with that. Plenty of fish in the sea
> Love yourself -- learn to give yourself grace
> Practice gratitude
> Serve/Volunteer/Teach -- you have unique valuable skills, figure out what they are and help others
> Join clubs that excite you -- if none exist create one. (derek sivers: how to start a movement, consider being the second person)
> Find your tribe online -- if none exist create one (see above)
Focus on physical and mental well being, life is long and one never knows the turns, the ups and downs that will come about -- learn to be resilient and don't lose your sense of humor
I use AI a ton for writing emails and other corporate stuff, I have no problems there, it structures and presents them well enough and quickly that it saves me a ton of time.
Where I am conflicted is creative writing -- its something I have been interested in but never pursued...and now I am able to pursue it with AI's help. There is a degree of embarrassment when confiding to folks, that yes a piece was AI assisted...
see here by what I mean: https://humancurious.substack.com/p/the-architect-and-the-cr...
> I use AI a ton for writing emails and other corporate stuff, I have no problems there, it structures and presents them well enough and quickly that it saves me a ton of time.
My manager uses AI when generating docs and emails. I think he does it because English isn't his native language and he goes for the "polished" look.
Frankly, I prefer the grammar errors and the authentic version. The AI polish is always impersonal and reeks of low effort.
I also love how everyone thinks coworkers don't notice the AI touch... of course we do.
Do you find yourself learning from how AI structures your bullet points or rewrites messages?
I sort of feel like it would blunt the downsides of AI rewriting everything if it had to explain why it was making all the changes. Being told the rationale would allow users to make better decisions about whether to accept/reject a change, and also help the user avoid making the same writing mistakes in the future.
Do you feel weird that your coworkers must largely know that you use AI to communicate with them? I'd feel weird doing it, I know that much, so I've never even contemplated using AI for emails/communication.
I'm in a new budding relationship and we're exchanging letters. There is no way in Earth I touch chatgpt, but if I write well, how believable is it ? Is she ?
Is not just “having enough”. People in New York had enough to eat for more than 60 years now - more like a 100 years. And ywt, up until the 1980s, obesity was a minor problem.
All standards have since changed. I watched the 1st season of the Simpsons again recently. In one of the episodes, Homer weighs himself and is distressed when discovering he weighs 200 lbs. 30 years later, dieters who cross down from 200 lbs to 199 lbs call it “reaching onederland” and it is considered a huge success.
1. "Leaders" want to seem hyper-competent. They don't want to figure out why the existing system was built or defer to previous leadership. So they tear things out and bring their own people, effectively starting over on some aspects. They also attribute blame and appropriate credit.
2. "Leaders" want to create scale and "progress". The company is doing fine with one engineering team? But how would that look on my resume? Let's get two dev ops team to "optimize" $100/month cloud costs for a $2 billion dollar revenue company (yes, you read that right). Let's add 9 more dev teams. Let's completely rebuild the tech stack because a). My friends prefer x to y and z). We can pretend we did something. If I sound bitter, I am not, but this IS a true story - 3 years in, 70 more IT employees (mostly devs), dev isn't any faster and we just go back to where the product started, almost.
3. "Leaders" often can't zoom in, despite the claim that leaders are excellent at focusing at the right scale.
4. "Leaders" like to play leader, because actual leading is hard. Acquiring random companies definitely creates "growth".
5. On top of #4, they come in when there is financing and are basically used to free money, so they throw it around.
The more interesting question is, from a business pov, is there any other way? If it were profitable to continue creating that good company, people would do it because there is a return to be made.
If "leave before things start going downhill from the pretend-growth" happens everytime, there is an arbitrage opportunity to just continue compounding the "good" company.
This is brilliant. For me it was about 8 counts per minute (and I could adjust on the fly). This is a good one to add to the arsenal of breathing techniques.
Re: the app. My personal experience has been after while if you need an app to do nothing …
The question though is why that material poverty exists in so many parts of the world that were once pretty advanced civilizations.... Colonialism def had a part to play there. So the irony isn't lost that western powers exploited and extracted from civilizations and cultures that were different from theirs..all in the name of progress of course..and now those parts of the world are dependent on the breadcrumbs thrown their way by different western powers.
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