No, obviously.
Jordan on snow:
Objective reality does not exist.
There is only subjective reality.
Individual perception and interpretation is shaped by personal factors.
And then there are Facts: verifiable pieces of information that are independent of personal feelings.
Is there a version of the external world that can exist independent of perception?
Taste is not just prescient. It's also a lagging indicator. It shows up when engineering alone is not enough. Conventional wisdom is that taste enables you to see into the future. Tastemakers are meant to see ahead. Yet, they often don’t have the opportunity to influence tastes
What happens when you give Claude skills
A book club discussion with Brown Papas Unite
Last week at dinner, the conversation shifted to Universal Basic Income (UBI): Are we building systems to help people keep up, or to pay them to get out of the way? Someone referred to it as the permanent underclass. The conversation got quiet because this outcome is plausible, and many
