We need to bring back intellectual elitism. Sorry, but a virologist will always know more about vaccines than a yoga mommy blogger with a ChatGPT Plus subscription.
trigger warning: zionism
I'm sorry to share this, but I want to say over and over that "Israelis" are an exceptionally deranged society. This is the kind of sadistic Jewish supremacy that animates violence that no sane person can comprehend.
you can't hate them enough.
I know the tables will turn soon enough, and they will scream "holocaust" and "antisemitism". but we will remember.
This is crazy. Israel just voted against a resolution condemning the Atlantic slave trade against the African people as crimes against humanity.. and Uganda is supporting Israel.
claude cowork is making me think maybe we’ll look back and it’ll be obvious that humans were never meant to spend their lives working behind a screen. we’ll see it as inevitable that computers do everything for us on computers and the future of work is cooler than we can imagine
When are tech folk going to get that people like wasting time, it's life. They don't optimize for efficiency, they try to get by, they watch dumb stuff, they enjoy shopping. Inefficiency is another work for living and life.
Your m mean and median job isn't a software engineer in Menlo Park, it's Ashley in accounts in a not for profit in Columbus, it's Jesse , the office manager for a tool rental business in Tallahassee, they are more likely to use a Fax machine than Slack.
They quite like meetings because they like chatting, they'll use AI to make a better invite to their baby shower, not agentify their job.
These people, nor their bosses boss, aren't in a rush to build software as a side hustle, they are keen to use AI to check if their vet is overcharging them. They'd like AI to check spelling on the email to the school governor.
They don't want agentic commerce, they want AI to be in the background and make living a little less stressful
Be the one who reaches out. Text first. Call first. Plan first. Initialize first. Most people wait to be chosen. Be the chooser. Connection requires initiative. Friendship requires effort. Love requires action. Stop waiting to be picked. Start picking. Initiative is attractive.
Ibn Al Qayyim said: Four things bring about Rizq:
– The Night Prayer
– Increasingly seeking forgiveness in the hours before sunrise
– Consistently giving Sadaqah,
– Remembering Allah in the beginning of the day and at its end.
[زاد المعاد ج٤ ص٣٧٨]