Benjamin Garrett
@benjamingarrett.bsky.social
Writer - Nature Lover - Startup Nerd
Author of What Remains: Journeying Beyond Evangelicalism
My day job is helping people start social enterprises
https://benjamingarrettbooks.carrd.co/#
Author of What Remains: Journeying Beyond Evangelicalism
My day job is helping people start social enterprises
https://benjamingarrettbooks.carrd.co/#
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Hello everyone! I am interested in theology, sociology, politics, and ethics. Specifically, I am focused on understanding what is going on with Evangelicalism, and what the future of Christianity could look like. If you are interested in any of that, let’s talk!
This article was hilarious. It repeatedly measures AI impacts in basis points. If that's not a tell, I don't know what is.
The AI-First Consumer Products Company
By putting AI at their core, consumer products companies can become faster, leaner, and more relevant, innovative, and resilient.
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August 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This article was hilarious. It repeatedly measures AI impacts in basis points. If that's not a tell, I don't know what is.
A critique of chatbots I am quickly growing tired of is that they are sycophantic. This is missing the forest for the trees. They are sycophantic because the companies that make them want to make them as addictive as possible.
August 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A critique of chatbots I am quickly growing tired of is that they are sycophantic. This is missing the forest for the trees. They are sycophantic because the companies that make them want to make them as addictive as possible.
A lot here is not just about the influencer industry: "The future of work is a flexible, on-demand commodity, devoid of any sense of security and structure."
The Creator Economy Is a Race to the Bottom for Human Dignity
The hidden costs and house of cards in the age of influence
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August 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A lot here is not just about the influencer industry: "The future of work is a flexible, on-demand commodity, devoid of any sense of security and structure."
Observation, not judgement: really wild how consumer-minded the explanations hereof going to multiple churches are
Church membership may be declining, but many churchgoers are double-dosing
(RNS) — Amid a collapse of loyalty to religious institutions, many churchgoers say they are attending multiple congregations on Sunday morning.
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August 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Observation, not judgement: really wild how consumer-minded the explanations hereof going to multiple churches are
Watched Weapons. No spoilers but it was deeply cathartic for our present moment.
August 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Watched Weapons. No spoilers but it was deeply cathartic for our present moment.
So if the CEO of OpenAI is encouraging people to use ChatGPT for health advice, and this happens, isn't OpenAI impersonating a physician?
Man Follows ChatGPT's Advice and Poisons Himself
An older man learned the hard way that ChatGPT isn't to be trusted with health advice after the toxic chatbot landed him in the hospital.
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August 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
So if the CEO of OpenAI is encouraging people to use ChatGPT for health advice, and this happens, isn't OpenAI impersonating a physician?
One thing that's bad about this is that the kids of these parents are being set up to repeat this pattern: theconversation.com/parents-who-...
August 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
One thing that's bad about this is that the kids of these parents are being set up to repeat this pattern: theconversation.com/parents-who-...
The Trump Administration is giving us pure white supremacy. We don’t know how to talk about it. It’s making our resistance weaker: A Thread for a theory
August 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The Trump Administration is giving us pure white supremacy. We don’t know how to talk about it. It’s making our resistance weaker: A Thread for a theory
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Without love, Christianity is either a pretty bad joke or a twisted political agenda.
August 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Without love, Christianity is either a pretty bad joke or a twisted political agenda.
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Most people don't understand this is the case due to constant lies published in the media.
Spread the word.
Spread the word.
Wind and Solar Energy Are Cheaper Than Electricity from Fossil-Fuel Plants
Even without subsidies, renewable energy is staying competitive with power from gas and coal
www.scientificamerican.com/article/wind...
Even without subsidies, renewable energy is staying competitive with power from gas and coal
www.scientificamerican.com/article/wind...
Wind and Solar Energy Are Cheaper Than Electricity from Fossil-Fuel Plants
Even without subsidies, renewable energy is staying competitive with power from gas and coal
www.scientificamerican.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Most people don't understand this is the case due to constant lies published in the media.
Spread the word.
Spread the word.
Extremely worrying but extremely clarifying:
Poll: Most feel democracy is threatened and political violence is a major problem
76% of Americans think that democracy is under a serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And their faith in political leadership in the White House and Congress is low.
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July 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Extremely worrying but extremely clarifying:
2 things to remember when CEOs of publicly traded companies talk about AI replacing workers. 1) They get compensated when they conduct mass layoffs due to stock pops. 2) They are not talking about what AI can do. They are saying what they think people can do. Their opinions are revealingly low.
July 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
2 things to remember when CEOs of publicly traded companies talk about AI replacing workers. 1) They get compensated when they conduct mass layoffs due to stock pops. 2) They are not talking about what AI can do. They are saying what they think people can do. Their opinions are revealingly low.
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Beyond the 60 Minutes payoff & Colbert cancelation, an unprecedented capitulation: as part of merger agreement, new parent company agrees to install an official to "monitor bias" at CBS’s news division. CBS news will essentially be state controlled media.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
July 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Beyond the 60 Minutes payoff & Colbert cancelation, an unprecedented capitulation: as part of merger agreement, new parent company agrees to install an official to "monitor bias" at CBS’s news division. CBS news will essentially be state controlled media.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
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Today is a good day to check your voter registration! 👇
Tell your friends and family!
Tell your friends and family!
Stop the Purges
GEORGIA VOTERS: Find out if you've been purged from the voting rolls.
www.fairfight.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Today is a good day to check your voter registration! 👇
Tell your friends and family!
Tell your friends and family!
I am in 100% agreement with @esaumccaulley.bsky.social on this one: buff.ly/aNahStW "To believe that churches can direct the laity on how to vote... is to deny the Christian teaching that all humans are made in the image of God and can understand and follow his will themselves."
An IRS Regulation Change That Could Sow Societal Division
Churches are now allowed to endorse political candidates. They should resist the temptation.
www.theatlantic.com
July 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I am in 100% agreement with @esaumccaulley.bsky.social on this one: buff.ly/aNahStW "To believe that churches can direct the laity on how to vote... is to deny the Christian teaching that all humans are made in the image of God and can understand and follow his will themselves."
Rewatched Sinners and noticed an interesting connection between Sammie and Ellen, the main character from Nosferatu.
July 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Rewatched Sinners and noticed an interesting connection between Sammie and Ellen, the main character from Nosferatu.
This was a lovely meditation on our creatureliness and what makes life worth living:
why are we lying to young people about work?
hard work isn't the tax you pay for living, it's the tuition for a life worth having -your fav gen z philosopher x
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July 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This was a lovely meditation on our creatureliness and what makes life worth living:
AI is going to drop the cost of sludge to near zero which means it is going to continue to go exponential:
That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.
Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”
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July 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
AI is going to drop the cost of sludge to near zero which means it is going to continue to go exponential:
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Lovely to see.
The reason there is no official merch is that Watterson refused to license it. Said he’d quit drawing the strip if the syndicate insisted. They gave in.
The central character is a *stuffed animal.* He could have been Charles Schulz level rich.
The reason there is no official merch is that Watterson refused to license it. Said he’d quit drawing the strip if the syndicate insisted. They gave in.
The central character is a *stuffed animal.* He could have been Charles Schulz level rich.
It’s Calvin & Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson’s birthday today. When I was a kid I was so obsessed with Calvin & Hobbes that I carried around a stuffed bear and called it Hobbes. There’s no official merch (which I love), so my grandma painstakingly crafted this for me. Pic of him from my mom today
July 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Lovely to see.
The reason there is no official merch is that Watterson refused to license it. Said he’d quit drawing the strip if the syndicate insisted. They gave in.
The central character is a *stuffed animal.* He could have been Charles Schulz level rich.
The reason there is no official merch is that Watterson refused to license it. Said he’d quit drawing the strip if the syndicate insisted. They gave in.
The central character is a *stuffed animal.* He could have been Charles Schulz level rich.
Loved this little quote as an antidote to the sunk cost fallacy: “If you get on the wrong train, get off at the next station.”
When to quit: A simple framework for life's toughest decisions
Annie Duke, a poker champion turned decision scientist, talks with Big Think about how to choose well under uncertainty.
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July 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Loved this little quote as an antidote to the sunk cost fallacy: “If you get on the wrong train, get off at the next station.”
File under, life is better when you embrace that you are a finite human being with limits:
why are we lying to young people about work?
hard work isn't the tax you pay for living, it's the tuition for a life worth having -your fav gen z philosopher x
buff.ly
June 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
File under, life is better when you embrace that you are a finite human being with limits:
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If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
June 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
Mixed feelings. buff.ly/EnBeyhl The fact that the researchers seem to see this as a tool for employers rather than for employees makes me nervous. Would you want your employer to measure your "resilience"?
Electronic forehead tattoo tracks stress on the job
"We've long monitored workers' physical health, tracking injuries and muscle strain. Now we have the ability to monitor mental strain..."
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June 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Mixed feelings. buff.ly/EnBeyhl The fact that the researchers seem to see this as a tool for employers rather than for employees makes me nervous. Would you want your employer to measure your "resilience"?
Maybe counterintuitive but I found this comforting: buff.ly/ps6Hynw I like the metaphor of make yourself more than the metaphor of find yourself.
You Don’t Know Yourself as Well as You Think You Do
And that’s okay.
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June 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Maybe counterintuitive but I found this comforting: buff.ly/ps6Hynw I like the metaphor of make yourself more than the metaphor of find yourself.
@edzitron.com seems like your kind of chart
June 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
@edzitron.com seems like your kind of chart