Reading
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The Productivity Project
Roughly two thirds of the way through this book after setting it aside for a few weeks. I enjoy that Chris Bailey wrote this book in both sections and chapters with focused topics. It works well as a linear read or choosing a chapter or section on a topic that interests in the moment. YouTube…
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Propaganda & Artificial Intelligence
What follows are my thoughts after reading an opinion piece in The Atlantic and how I approach the issue of fake content on the internet. Currently we experience AI generated advertisements, phishing scams, marketing emails. However, it can also generate convincing long-form content almost instantly with little effort from a human. …a tool called GPT-3…
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Goodbye Blue Monday
Seventh Monday working from home completed; happily holding onto this book from the Los Angeles County Library until the Stay at Home Order is lifted.
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After Breakfast Reading
A couple months back I finished Part One of The Synchronicity War by Deitmar Arthur Wehr and decided to download the full Ominous from Barnes & Noble to my Nook. The Synchronicity War is a sci-fi military adventure that follows Victor Shiloh a exploratory vessel commander that receives glimpses into his future. These visions guide…
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Soon I Will Be Invincible
Reading the beginning of chapter thirteen from Soon I Will Be Invincible gave me a sensible chuckle. Feeling rather full of himself after avoiding detection at a super hero funeral the antagonist of the story relaxes in a coffee shop. I close my eyes, for a moment. There are days when you just don’t feel…
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Thoughts on Utopia
Manu Saadia has a pretty good point in his latest piece in Citylab. I can’t quite think of the last Utopian novel I’ve read cover to cover. A sobering moment was this paragraph. It tells you something that when the most avowedly utopian franchise in modern entertainment, Star Trek, decided to showcase a future city…