And lately coincides with active phases of child care and peak growth periods at work. And leaves you wholly expended afterwards with fewer peer supports. And most elder care is a patchwork that requires extensive pay to play or charity that covers far too little.

In a linguistics class I learned when everyone is used to a certain level of violence in words (ex, hate speech being fully allowed), it easily moves to violence because that taboo is lost.

Ultimately, false confidence was rewarded every time. Culturally, that's what gets rewarded here too.

My earliest education felt so high stakes. Even when I went back later, cost played a role in it being high stakes.

There also wasn't enough time for dialogue, to even refine where I didn't know, and to clarify between what I did and didn't know.

Chances are high, he probably lamented the data lag a lot. It may have been in smaller circles, but my guess is they wanted to preserve his optimism about the numbers getting better.

For hard analytical types, this may not feel like a faithful rendering, but goal is spirit of the message.

If I recall correctly, this book and his biography were originally one book and in translation to English were split.

As someone who has ghost-written for someone before, you're re-using things they've said prior, notes, and established history.

Anecdotally, it looks like certain voices are being suppressed. I'm personally wondering if we saw the last of the democratic digital sphere.

Real (living) people grow. They piss you off, challenge you, and ideally respond to your social signals in a reasonable way.

AI definitely does not.

The worst part - these technologies can alter memory, which is malleable at recall. You can lose what you thought you had.

Think of a phone call you had recently. Can you imagine how that person moved during the call?

Chances are, yes. Not only that, you're probably pretty accurate too.

Video and audio feel real. They're designed to be immersive.

The problem with replicas is someone else controls them.

With your permission, I'd like to use it as an example in my ethics class, particularly around goals / intent.

Hope you get answers soon. Unsolved health mysteries are not fun.

And it's 11 months, but really, time is malleable as all get out anymore.

The general message - whether intended or not - is that grief should stay in its bedroom with the curtains drawn.

But sunlight helps.
So does a kind hand.

Spread kindness today. You never know who might need it. 💖

This goes extra if you're generally labeled "difficult to consume" for whatever reason.

Grumpy cats sit in their grief and can seem hard to comfort. I promise, the fur is still soft.