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Humanity over Naiveté

What I think we need is more humanity. More sharing of our stories and life experiences. It’s how we come to appreciate people we don’t know and that may not look like or live like us. It’s easy to be baited into hatred of the faceless other, but a human being with a story we can relate to and empathize with? Much harder.

monsters – rebeccatoh.co

This other path points to our higher human potential to learn with humility about the things we don’t understand, and to hold wide-open space for the possibility that other people are not monsters, they are just different.

These are important.

New Book: How to Beat ChatGPT or – Nicholas Bate

Once you have read this companion (and it should take you no longer than 55 minutes) you will (1) be AI literate i.e. you will understand the terms and their implications e.g. Large Language Model (2) understand why this threat to jobs is a serious one and (3) most importantly, you will have seven strategies to help you preserve (or change) your career by using AI’s strengths and exploiting its weaknesses.

And only 2.99 USD. Done deal.

Daring Fireball: ‘Less Fun Than a Barrel of Crackers’

That it’s a controversy at all is the work of activist investor Sardar Biglari, CEO of midwest chain Steak ’n Shake. (Biglari’s father was a general under the Shah of Iran, and the family had to flee after the revolution.) Biglari has been trying to take over Cracker Barrel, Carl Icahn corporate-raider-style, for 15 years.

Finally! Someone explains the story behind the story. Follow the money… Always.