I feel a little bit for the @GoogleDeepMind team..
You build a world changing model and everyone is posting Ghibli-fied pictures instead.
But this is the core problem with Google - they can build the best models in the world but if they don’t focus on the consumer experience they are going to get MOGGED again and again.
It’s never been part of the core DNA but I beg of them to take 20% of their best talented folks and give them free rein on building world class consumer experiences.
Like why is Gemini Advanced just not free for anyone to use instead of making people pay atm? Why is the personality so dry compared to the others? Why are there no good templates on the Gemini page instead of this crap like “inspire me”? Why are the best features trapped in AI studio or in NotebookLM?
You have such incredible tech, all the reach in the world - just set it free.
saw an inspiring video that said you need to have 4 hobbies.
create, consume, cavort, commune
create: bring something to life
consume: appreciate the art of another
cavort: move your body daily
commune: have a community to socialize with
It’s unfortunate that many adults stop reading after school.
Skimming through social media won’t make you truly informed.
Pick up a book, dive into an article, or explore a journal—expand your mind and read.
And there is an epiphany about how people grow and change. But you will be pretty awful at helping people grow (and even in growing, yourself) if you attempt that before having epiphany 2.
Most people go through two epiphanies as they manage, lead, and mature:
The first is the human nature epiphany.
Anyone who starts out "naive" about human beings will eventually come to terms with the fact that they aren't seeing what they hoped for. They conclude that human beings resist change, are driven by incentives, avoid risk, share opinions on things they don't truly understand, look out for themselves, etc.
This seems to help people who have been burned, or who feel that people have been unreliable or difficult. But this is only the first epiphany. And it isn't the good one.
The second epiphany is the personality epiphany.
Anyone who believes in "human nature" will eventually come to terms with the fact that some human beings do drive change, some are driven by purpose, independent of incentives, some tolerate and challenge risk, some develop mastery and earn the right to share opinions on things they truly understand, and some compassionately serve and benefit others.
This second epiphany is when we learn to look at human beings as individuals. Different instead of similar. It's when we learn how to see individuals more clearly and more carefully and intentionally decide who we include in our work and our lives. It's how we hire better, map work to strengths, offset and eliminate cognitive biases, and watch our businesses (and even our personal lives) become enriched, easier, faster, smarter, more collaborative, more impactful.
The second epiphany is the big one. The first is just a temporary rut that causes us to treat people the same, even when they are not at all the same. In the rut, we hire and include people based on skillset instead of mindset. After epiphany 2, we do the exact opposite. We recognize that skillset is meaningless without the correct mindset.
Your path to managing, leading, and operating at your best depends entirely on you getting to epiphany 2.
iOS 18 is the most significant update in years, with more than 500 new features & changes! 🤯
So I created a movie-length video to show you every single new change coming to your iPhone. Enjoy! 🍿
Watch here: https://t.co/itQdn5NjFI