George Jensen

—Keeping life intentionally simple.

[George Jensen @geoJensen]

Check out my latest article: A little history lesson on the origins of AI can lead us to better prompting experiences https://t.co/Nf70j6xieI via @LinkedIn

[George Jensen @geoJensen]

@unclebobmartin @YouTube @unclebobmartin Should we compare Newt Gingrich's critique of New Deal elitism with the Agile/Scrum certs creating managerial elitism? Is it human nature to build up and tear down?

IIf so, what questions can we ask to avoid repeating these historical patterns?

[George Jensen @geoJensen]

@unclebobmartin Drop ChatGPT. Use pro version of https://t.co/30wkkNcJnO . Same price but adds context.

[George Jensen @geoJensen]

@unclebobmartin All the critics of anonymity...I wonder if you know...

"Haley clarified that she doesn't mind anonymous American users having free speech, but she is against anonymous accounts from foreign countries like Russia, China, and Iran"

[George Jensen @geoJensen]

@CrosslandCreate @unclebobmartin Explain the Trinity.

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https://t.co/No6zpzCiIS

[George Jensen @geoJensen]

@unclebobmartin In the realm of tech so grand,
LLMs are close at hand.
But treat them as AI, basically,
You'll end up, quite disgracefully,
Failing rather spectacularly.

Couldn't resist taking this proverb to rhyme...
with help of AI of course. 😎

[George Jensen @geoJensen]

@briangroce Insightful.

[George Jensen @geoJensen]

Trying out https://t.co/cHs3s17PDI @memdotai 👋 cPsmPlf3WLXWofkBIjm7

[George Jensen @geoJensen]

Nothingness is a thing.

[George Jensen @geoJensen]

I don't have the data to prove it but my subconscious setiments are signalling that my Twitter feed has way too many adds now to keep me curious in the organic posts between them. I'm really trying to be interested in the new and true Twitter, but it's killing my mojo to think.

[Paul Poteet Dot Com 🇺🇸 @PaulPoteetIndy]

Just sit right back…

[Roy Opata Olende @RoyOpata]

Research operations is nothing without a clear UX Research philosophy and strategy.

It's an obvious point, but there's often a gap between knowledge and action. Don't just dive into process.

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

On Pausing Alcohol

"Always carry a flask of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore always carry a small snake." -- W. C. Fields

About six months ago, I stopped drinking alcohol. I feel much better, and I’m mad as hell about it.

I never really drank through my 20s and 30s, but grew to really enjoy whiskey through my 40s, coincident with “Mad Men”, and roughly a thousand academic studies that proved that alcohol is actually good for you. Win/win!

I had read that the sure sign of an alcoholic is someone who drinks at night, by himself, at home, so I decided to only drink at night, by myself, at home.

I was even scurrilously quoted as saying “the perfect day is 10 hours of caffeine followed by 4 hours of alcohol”, which I did indeed say, and which is still indeed true.

Unfortunately, in recent years, it’s become clear that most or all — probably all — of the scientific studies on the benefits of alcohol are fake, the scientists unwitting or witting victims of selection effects. As Michael Crichton says, “wet streets cause rain”, or rather wet streets don’t cause rain. It turns out that sick people often don’t drink, or subjects just lie to researchers about their consumption outright. There go the studies.

It is now pretty definitively clear that no amount of alcohol is good for you. Andrew Huberman recently summed this conclusion up on his podcast; the topic made me so enraged I never listened to the episode, but I did read the notes.

Andrew says “the best amount of alcohol to drink is no alcohol” — imagine someone who both hates and loves humanity that much.

Since I stopped drinking, I feel much better. I don’t need as much sleep, but my sleep is better. I’m more alert through the day. I’m cogent and focused at all times. I have more energy when I exercise, and it’s easier to control my diet.

It’s great, and I am super mad about it.

I feel like the color has drained out of my evenings[*]. Spending time with people is still fun, but now it’s hard to sit still and watch a movie or read a book and unwind at the end of a hard day. I’m more prone to just work until bedtime. Grump grump grump.

Frankly, I don’t know what Elon is doing farting around with cars and rockets and Twitter, why doesn’t he solve THIS problem[**].

And one of these days, I am going to get deeply, seriously, hammered.

But not today!

[*] A lot of people I know are substituting cannabis or hallucinogens for alcohol. I’m not, I won’t touch any of those things — a topic for another time.

[**] I’ve been trying all the alcohol free whiskeys, wine, and beer. So far, no luck on the whiskeys. For wine, Sovi is pretty good. For beer, there are quite a few good choices; I’ve become partial to Hopwtr, which is zero calorie hop-flavored sparkling water. I’m still not drinking either at breakfast, though I am tempted.

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

January 1 needn’t be “just another day”. Our brain can segment time in many ways. Only some are constrained by biology. Designating a calendar date as a starting place to achieve behavioral and/or psychological change is entirely legitimate. If you want a change, set it & get it.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

It is a crucial moment to close the long-standing discussion once and for all and decide on Ukraine's membership in the #EU. Discussed with @eucopresident further effective assistance and the heroic struggle of Ukrainians for their free future.

[George Jensen @geoJensen]

@MrStickdorn
comparing Service Design with Agile & Lean.

[George Jensen @geoJensen]

You Get So Alone at Times
That It Just Makes Sense
~Charles Bukowski

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@kelseyhightower @joinClubhouse Invite me?

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

My biggest life lesson in 2020 is that I need far less to be happy than I thought.

What's yours?