Joey Elsisi

happy after a nappy

[Sam Elliott @samelliottsam]

Early anthropic employees commuting to work post IPO

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

Finished a seven day social media fast. It feels like the most effective longevity therapy I've done.

Everything got better: mood, sleep, energy, presence, judgment, relationships, and optimism.

Evidence shows a seven day fast produces a reduction of anxiety (16%), depression (25%) and insomnia (15%). The effects felt bigger.

Conversely, dipping back in, I can viscerally feel that my body metabolizes social media similarly to a fast food meal, corrosive relationship, hangover, and sleep deprivation. My body hates it.

After the previous fasts (40/hr and 70hr), I wrote that social media is pollution.  Not a vice or guilty pleasure. It’s closer to water toxins, air pollution and microplastics.

This time, the major insight was that social media is a form of intoxication.

Alcohol is honest intoxication. It clearly tells you what it's taking from you. Social media on the other hand does not disclose itself as an intoxicant.

It produces the sensation of being informed, engaged, and connected while quietly evacuating your capacity for depth and independent thought.

You don’t feel drunk, you feel current. But evidence shows that it causes your brain to shrink. The impairment is real by you can't feel it. Making it the more dangerous type.

If you haven't tried it, I strongly encourage you to try a social media fast. Even if for one day.

[near @nearcyan]

one sec babe i have to check my sleep score to see if i feel good or not today

[Joey Elsisi @joeyelsisi]

@unusual_whales All opinions are not my own, some were bought by BlackRock

[Dan White @atdanwhite]

The 19-year-olds who attend my favorite university didn’t score enough touchdowns today so I’m blacked out, facedown in the driveway. My wife is crying, begging me to come inside & sing Happy Birthday to my son. “Please just reverse the Rav4” I whisper into the concrete.

[Mehran Jalali @mehran__jalali]

Last Saturday, 65 of us made a five-star steak dinner for 100+ guests at New York's highest-rated steakhouse: Mehran's Steak House

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[Ian Tracey @ian_dot_so]

Oppenheimer didn’t need Jira or a certified scrum master

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Announcing GPT-4, a large multimodal model, with our best-ever results on capabilities and alignment: https://t.co/TwLFssyALF

[Loopy @strangestloop]

please share a little snippet of your day in the replies

[Drew Monson @mytoecold]

Starting to accept my body. I also accept Visa, MasterCard, and Apple Pay!

[dip 🇳🇵 @fentpressed]

If you have whatsapp you're a third worlder

[مريم حسنا @Maryamhasnaa]

I love introducing loved ones to my favorite secret nature spots.