Author: Andrew
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The Century of the Self
Edward Bernays, nephew of Sigmund Freud, worked with the corporations to create a “democracity”: a democracy where people were, and say themselves, as consumers and their every desires were catered to, while the elites of the corporations, and ultimately government, used this to control (tame) them through a perceived democracy. Freud’s insight Bernays used was…
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AI disproves an Erdos problem
A claim from OpenAI about this being the first time “that a prominent open problem, central to a subfield of mathematics, has been solved autonomously by AI.” And here’s a Marginal Revolution post with some outside commentary. My understanding is that this is: 1. a big deal and 2. a great setup for the AI…
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Dad Day
To Shepherd: Yesterday before leaving for school, you asked if we could have a Dad Day. You meant, “Can me and you go do stuff?” You made me feel quite special at this request! We ended up going to Town Hardware to get a beamo (big flying frisbee) and going to Pisgah to throw it…
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“Dad, what’s your plan for the day?”
Getting Greta (4 years old) ready for school this morning: Greta: “Dad, what’s your plan for the day?” Me: “Ummm, I’ve gotta work.” Greta: “Ahhhh, not again!” At 4, and in three words, she has delivered a devastating critique to the routine and the man and all of it, daring me to act as if…
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A cold, caught.
It seems like every time I begin a new round of training, I get sick. Usually, it’s only a day or two, but this time I’ve had some sort of significant chest cold since late Tuesday this week. I’ve been pretty disciplined with the scimune and dayquill/nyquill + coconut water and pedialyte, but it has…
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Cache of Recent Tweets I’ve bookmarked
— — — — — — — — — Really connected with this one. It’s hard to remember what living in the pre-Covid world felt like. Such is the rapid firing of the immersive technology pistons. —
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Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life
Picked this up browsing in the library last week. Picked and chose from the 12 rules and read about 6 of them I think. Read lots of this on the plane to Oregon for the Eugene marathon with Emily and Chloe. Here is the most memorable part of the book for me. Rule III, pg.…
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Looking Silly in Order to Learn
This picture just popped up in my iPhone memories and is giving me an appreciation for how far I’ve come since my first real endeavor into running. What a fun memory! Plus, Shepherd, you’re like two months old here. And now you’re almost 6! During the Covid-19 pandemic, I discovered the Salomon YouTube channel and…
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r/birdwatching