Turns out the secret to world peace is overnight airport delays

Trauma bonding is a force to be reckoned with, those poor gate officers did not sign up for it

Never expected to be gaslit by an airline.

Stuck in O’Hare for the last 16 hours

United: “It’s over.” At 4pm yesterday.

AA: “Wait… maybe we could still leave at 8pm. Sorry, 10. Nope 2am. Maybe 4:30am?”

Me: currently entering my villain arc at Gate L5 at 5:55 with the sun rising

I grew up in NYC, so never experienced this but I miss it anyways?

Reading books like Ribsy from my public library imagining what it’s like to roam free

It feels like we used to LIVE with more presence in this world. More freedom and agency - and now we kinda just scroll

When did this go away?

This AI psychosis thing is pretty crazy.

Huge reminder that LLMs are great mirrors and augment thinking but should never be used to outsource your judgement

And real people matter, a lot!

The weirdest takeaway from AI psychosis and the glazing / flattery of ChatGPT is that I appreciate real people a lot more

Turns out AI’s biggest benefit is making you appreciate what it means to be human

“If AI can help people truly understand themselves, it could be one of the biggest gifts we could ever receive.”

Love this line. I’m a huge journaler and note taker - LLMs help me connect the dots across my thoughts for the first time

And that’s sometimes a magical experience

The data wars are heating up!

APIs are closing and big platforms are locking the gates, to protect the data that they “own”

The rules of the internet used to be - “copy my content, send me traffic”

And that’s changing…so what’s going on and why does it matter?

Everyone used to laugh when I would bring up owning our own data

Now with AI and people really feeling the power of personalization, people are starting to get it

It’s not just privacy, it’s memory, identity and selfhood

The shift is real and just beginning!

Forced to migrate my ChatGPT to enterprise. lost all my chats, customization and more in the export

WOW. This is a huge problem. To lose so much context and data. And not to have ownership or ability to preserve memory.

Big issue for AI when becomes part of your life…think it’s time to build.

what’s worth preserving for eternity?

Empires and kings disappear into history but great art, culture, and architecture - built from the core of humanity..that lives on

When cathedrals burn down people build them up again. We copy great books because they HAVE to be passed on

What’s that today?

“the left seems largely unaware that some of the smartest and most sophisticated Trump supporters in the nation are part of an overlapping set of text chains that allow their members to share links, intel, tactics, strategy, and ad hoc assignments”

What a read.

www.semafor.com/article/04/2...

Let’s remember that living is NOT just a journey or destination but the experience itself - every day.

And we should view it with a mindset of joyful play.

Always a great reminder:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=rBpa...

Later doesn’t always exist: a lesson in souvenirs and life

Saw a beautiful carving of this roof in Samarkand and thought “I’m sure I’ll find more later”

I didn’t.

Turns out it was truly local, not available online & now I’m haunted

So buy the thing. Always do the thing. Don’t wait for later

What if our version of the “middle class” is just a fad of recent history?

Most of human civilization was bifurcated b/w those with the means of consumption and opportunity, and those without

It’s taken a lot to create a bountiful middle…and it needs to be cared for

www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

We should really bring the term “Bazaar” back

It’s so much more fun.

“Let’s go to the farmers market” or “Let’s visit the shops”. That’s just fine

“Let’s hit the Bazaar” oh hell yes I’m in.

underrated: dates while solo traveling are one of the best experiences

no performance, just two people for a moment in time fully present, fully authentic

“I’m only here for a few days…” leads to places you’d never find,
conversations that go way deeper,
and a window into each others’ worlds

Reminder to go outside and see things for yourself.

Almost cancelled my layover via Istanbul from all the videos of protests online. Daily life is beautiful and the city is livelier than ever

FWIW, people say the same about SF with homeless and NYC with crime…trust that reality is alright

I love how you meet so many CHRACTERS traveling - people with completely different lives

Carol the grandmother taught me to dance to fiddle music

Ian the fur trapper

A musher whose race dogs were family

Found this in the town store, and a great reminder - that we should celebrate OUR stories

Took a solo trip to the Yukon for the long weekend. 1 goal: dogsled!

Thought I’d hermit. Almost did…but instead, talked to people.

For a place so remote, the sense of community and culture is unreal.

3-day trips are underrated! Going to start doing them more.

Also, dog sledding? Absolute chaos…