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[Stef Coetzee @stefcoetzee]

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” — George Bernard Shaw

[Matthew Jordan @mattyj612]

We’ve been telling the story of technology backwards. Our tools take center stage, but these artifacts are the lagging indicators of progress, not the drivers.

What propels the world forward is dialogue, a swirling conversation across generations about what it means to be human.

You have been part of this conversation your entire life. You just haven't been formally introduced.

On May 27th, during @TOTechWeek we invite you to join The Great Conversation, a lecture about how technologists shape history.

Hosted with @ambitionlabsinc, @NotionHQ, @cursor_ai, @AmbrookAG, @colossusmag, @psumvc, and many more.

Tickets on sale now!

[Cult.Repo @CultRepo]

Join Rich Hickey in the chat at the live premiere of Clojure: The Documentary at 8PM CEST tonight on YouTube! Sign-up to get notified: https://t.co/JLYyRu6UfM

[Jordan Miller @lambduhh]

#Clojure: The Documentary trailer by @CultRepo just dropped 👀 April 16 premiere — 1 full hour on how Clojure and its community came to life. I helped with editing/show notes and I'm telling you: IT'S GOOD Y'ALL. Don't sleep on this. 🎬 https://t.co/7frRMZmYCF

[The Toronto Society @_torontosociety]

The Paradigms Research Group meets weekly in Toronto to read seminal papers together in silence, then hold a careful discussion.

Next quarter we are starting a research project looking at the relationship between Religion and Work.

We want to understand: What are our current ideas about work? Do these have anything to do with religion? Can we treat our work religiously? Should we?

There are a very limited number of spots for new members — but if you are interested in taking up a serious reading project with an aim of personal and societal transformation we would encourage you to sign up at the link below.

All backgrounds are welcome.

[Jason Crawford @jasoncrawford]

HELP: Need help with a possible case of periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) in a premature infant

If you have any leads or info—medical experts, clinical trials, possible treatments, anything—please DM, or email [email protected]

[Alex Danco @Alex_Danco]

Toronto friends: come to this next Wednesday!

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

https://t.co/bDCdltFo0A

[Stef Coetzee @stefcoetzee]

@_joe_harris_ E.g. @aerobotics_intl

[Interintellect 🧭 @interintellect_]

The "Global Village" wasn't a utopia. It was a warning.

Join Writer João Ruy Faustino & Host @stephengadubato to investigate McLuhan's true vision vs. Silicon Valley's myth. An Intellectual deep dive.
https://t.co/HIiS5RB3cK

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Lots of people like to interpret this chart as “government regulation bad, free market good”

But it’s really a story about Baumol’s cost disease and manufactured goods vs labor-intensive services

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

A Call for New Aesthetics: https://t.co/1DEfcyqyEF.

[Jamin Ball @jaminball]

https://t.co/sCyH9BSTCB

[Geoffrey Litt @geoffreylitt]

@ryolu_ I like Alan Kay’s design recipe:

1) make structures that can do the hardest thing

2) make it simple to do simple things, using the same structures

[Christoph Neumann @enigma2a]

Do you use Clojure, ClojureScript, Babashka, or any other Clojure dialect? We need your help! It’s time for the annual State of Clojure Survey. Please take a moment to fill it out and help spread the word on social media. Thank you!

https://t.co/P7HjRvWqtL

[Stef Coetzee @stefcoetzee]

Toronto and @_torontosociety (by our very own @_benjaminparry) spotted!

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

You're missing out if you haven't subscribed: https://t.co/0oNl1XSoOE.

[Simon Sarris @simonsarris]

I'm currently making a kind of dating?/meetup? site which I just deployed. It's to help people find people.

Right now, if you pay $12 you can place a pin on the map. A little later you can write a bio and have a link to your site. Don't put your pin at your house!

[Ryan Florence @ryanflorence]

My hope is that LLMs increase the quality of our work in this industry more than the quantity.

[Abundance Institute @abundanceinst]

We traded ambition for caution. It’s time to reverse it. The stars are still waiting for us.

[Stef Coetzee @stefcoetzee]

@stevensullivan_ @zebriez https://t.co/fOEGSTuWiJ

[Stef Coetzee @stefcoetzee]

“In rowing, you’ve got to hold the oar with some firmness in order to get a solid pull; hold it too tightly, though, and you can blow the race (or even get thrown overboard) if the blade catches in the water on the recovery stroke. Elite rowers are less likely to ‘catch a crab’, as they say, but they’re also trained to release the oar quickly when it happens, enabling them to reset and get back in the game quickly.

“The ideal grip is tight enough to stay in control but loose enough to let go,” Duncan explains.”