@nickwoj98 Ahhh yeah I think I get what you mean. That’s kind of how some of the newer cities like Austin feel to me - no uniting culture within the city nor major contributions to American culture
I think the main thing AI has taught me, through all the time savings it brings, is that I’m not a very interesting person
Faced with a surplus of free time, I realize I don’t really have hobbies besides content consumption
I’m forced to conclude that I don’t have very deep friendships, and am not a core member of any particular community
I’m not very cultured, I’m finding, and don’t have abiding interests in art or literature or history or much that isn’t directly related to my work
I have a work-centric life, in other words. AI pulls back the curtain on just how impoverished such an existence is, by disabusing me of its necessity
Given the freedom I’ve always said I wanted, I’m at a loss as to what to do with it, except plow myself even harder into work, thus exacerbating the lesson
There’s nothing more confronting to humans than freedom
Chicago started a new automated enforcement pilot for bus lanes and bike lanes in 2024.
Since then, over $2.6 million of fines have been issued in the pilot zones.
Check out this analysis that I did with Alex Cannon
https://t.co/jgDtV8GsbH
people in nyc are like "i'm walking here!" people in l.a. are like "i'm driving here!" people in chicago are like "this is an affordable place to live with great architecture and enough fresh water to support us after sea-level rise destroys coastal cities wait where are you goin
heres a hard thing for some people to understand - its the cubs, & then its everywhere else. its the bleachers, the ivy, the troughs, the atmosphere on a schoolnight in may that just separates, & separates a lot, from the rest. many dont even want to get it, we live it. cubs in 4