Taylor Letterman

Self Proclaimed Scrabble Champ

[Taylor Letterman @TaylorLetterman]

@copilotmoney ✋I’m in

[Taylor Letterman @TaylorLetterman]

and he's back

[Dissect Podcast @dissectpodcast]

Holy shit. Listen to this.

https://t.co/Rg5JHXuF03

[Dissect Podcast @dissectpodcast]

Holy shit. Listen to this.

https://t.co/Rg5JHXuF03

[🕳⚰️💨 @hedlike_a_hole]

me: come over
Malcolm Gladwell: I cant
Me: I need someone to explain a very obvious concept to me by cherry picking evidence from various scientific studies to give an ordinary truth the gloss of counterintuitive genius

[Najla Alariefy @NajlaAlariefy]

1/ "A City is not a Tree"

This is an interesting idea in urban design.

- It was written in 1964 by mathematician/architect Christopher Alexander (CA).
- He realized natural, organic cities are more beautiful and more efficient; they are structured as complex systems.

[Taylor Letterman @TaylorLetterman]

CXL and @peeplaja are working on some really cool stuff. Love the idea behind Adeft & crowdfunding approach.
https://t.co/qo1nvOO7SI

[Taylor Letterman @TaylorLetterman]

Lol great thread

[dr caitlin green (offense archaeologist) @caitlinmoriah]

TRISTAN WHAT. The moral panic that ensued when bicycles gained popularity is one of my favorite things. it helps contextualize how willing we are to get in a complete frothing panic over things that are not a threat (cough campus free speech cough)

[Taylor Letterman @TaylorLetterman]

Interesting things happen when you do interesting things

[Taylor Letterman @TaylorLetterman]

Denying science and short-term thinking is a zero-sum-game

Especially in this uncertain and perilous moment it’s all the more important to rely on science

It's science and compassion that drives humanity forward...without it we'd stagnate in ignorance

[The Hill @thehill]

President Trump: "It'll start getting cooler. You just watch."

Wade Crowfoot, CA Secretary for Natural Resources: "I wish science agreed with you."

President Trump: "Well, I don't think science knows actually."

[Balaji @balajis]

The Internet Age is just beginning.

Of course, analog-to-digital & digital-to-analog converters are important. They are our sensors & actuators. But everything should be thought of as happening on the computer first.

That's the primary form. The physical world just a printout.

[Balaji @balajis]

The ledger of record is the set of all cryptographically signed feeds of on-chain data. It subsumes social media feeds, data APIs, event streams, newsletters, RSS. It'll take years to build, but will ultimately become the decentralized layer of facts that underpins all narrative.

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

A super bowl winning quarterback turned his $160,000 salary into a $640M business, gave his employees hundreds of millions of dollars, and still came out rich.

Time for a thread 👇👇👇

[Taylor Letterman @TaylorLetterman]

https://t.co/vVEQwreGVs

[Lulie @reasonisfun]

'Self discipline' is a patch for being conflicted about what you want to do.

Often, productive people are interpreted as 'having discipline': able to force themselves to do the work even when it's unpleasant.

But creative productivity only ever works in *spite* of that.

[Anup Cowkur @anupcowkur]

To replace programmers with GPT-3, clients would have to accurately describe what they want.

We're safe.

[ELK @elktalkstech]

Today the world changed forever.
Why? Because a group of Artificial Intelligence researchers released something called "GPT-3".
In short: it's a computer program that can interact like a ridiculously intelligent human.
And it will blow your mind 👇

[Kaj Sotala @xuenay]

I keep seeing all kinds of crazy reports about people's experiences with GPT-3, so I figured that I'd collect a thread of them.

[Taylor Letterman @TaylorLetterman]

@Google @elijahmay

[Google @Google]

College degrees are out of reach for many Americans, and you shouldn’t need a college diploma to have economic security. Today we’re announcing Google Career Certificates from #GrowWithGoogle to help job seekers prepare for careers in high-growth fields. https://t.co/h65QdjWTPC

[Taylor Letterman @TaylorLetterman]

@kaleighf @TheSchoolOfLife has some great philosophy videos on YouTube. Watch a few of those to figure out what philosophers/concepts you’d like to dive deeper into.