Andy W

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"Since the only possible purpose of a ‘door close’ button is to make impatient people relax, perhaps it makes no difference whether it achieves this end through mental or mechanical means" - Rory Sutherland

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really, really, fun read

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If you never tire of looking at it, then it’s art

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I have been thinking for a while now that my brain can only add something new if it drops something else, and the idea actually gave me a sort of solace So, it's nice to know - from this essay - that maybe I had some basis for this notion https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/small-things-big-questions/202504/are-humans-running-out-of-memory

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OH (from a teacher): "I assume that you’re using LLMs in your assignments, which means I expect the quality of your output to be 10x higher”

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Software is eating software

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Noah Wyle is exceptional in this, he should win all the awards

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wonderful essay https://quarter--mile.com/i-literally-don-t-know

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Not feeling well? Doctronic it We (USV) made an investment https://blog.usv.com/doctronic

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Julie Myerson on writing

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In the world of essay formats - this is an example of the type of essay that challenges unspoken assumptions - eg, we think the world (in this case consumer business models) looks like X, but it may actually look like Y. And then anthropologically, aims to pull it apart step by step and show the reader why. In this way it is deeply original thinking at every paragraph (the whole series here is the same). If “monetization isn’t a price. It’s a product surface” is interesting to you, it's worth reading it all. https://getlightswitch.substack.com/p/most-consumer-software-doesnt-fail

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Happy birthday Ian MacKaye

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"The first beautiful songs you hear tend to stay beautiful because better than beauty, which is everywhere, is the memory of first discovering beauty" - Sarah Manguso Happy Avril 14th ❤️ https://soundcloud.com/richarddjames/avril-14th

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All models are wrong, but some are useful - George Box

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Weekend long listen And yes, as a kid I was (and will forever remain), a member of the Kiss Army https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxKcpatraxY

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Art/media/culture/ideas/apps/anything, can be many things, often simultaneously and in contrast with each other. As Rory Sutherland writes - the opposite of a good idea can also be a good idea: “Puppy does what movies do: wows people, makes them stare at one thing for a long time and experience wonder. It sneaks in under their radar, disarming fears of art. In some quintessentially Jeffersonian way, Puppy renders all who see it equal. It is the rare work of art that laymen can talk about with the same confidence and authority as those in the art world” - Jerry Saltz, writing about Jeff Koons: Puppy

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we need more movie posters like this

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Sunday reading recommendation. Long ago when I first learned about the notion of "zen mind; beginner's mind" and then read the Suzuki book/talks, I was struck by the idea that this was a concept that could be applied to . . . well, anything. Everything. It's curiosity. https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-colors-of-her-coat

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chaotic curiosity: that thing where a song comes on randomly and serendipitously and you are forever changed https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/track/black-family

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good, somewhat contrarian, view here https://newsletter.brxnd.ai/p/why-ai-will-improve-content-quality

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