Tree Guy Alexander
@treeguyalexander.bsky.social
Environmental researcher and writer. I'm interested in resilient communities and ecosystems, collaboration between organizations, and trees.
📍Currently WY, originally MD, most recently CA
📍Currently WY, originally MD, most recently CA
Me, after taking a huge pay cut to leave the tech industry in part because I saw the imminent replacement of my work by AI, & whose team was liquidated 5 months later: Hey, maybe we should be thoughtful about how we use this tech
Everyone in the enviro school at an R1 university: *la la la la la*
Everyone in the enviro school at an R1 university: *la la la la la*
April 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Me, after taking a huge pay cut to leave the tech industry in part because I saw the imminent replacement of my work by AI, & whose team was liquidated 5 months later: Hey, maybe we should be thoughtful about how we use this tech
Everyone in the enviro school at an R1 university: *la la la la la*
Everyone in the enviro school at an R1 university: *la la la la la*
Reposted by Tree Guy Alexander
Yup. It turns out "people buy a ticket for $10 to see a movie one time" is one of the GOAT business models unless you intentionally kill it bsky.app/profile/rntr...
The next decade (at least) is going to be marked by more and more industries realizing the huge mistake they made by listening to silicon valley, blindly embracing tech, and abandoning established and profitable business models and practices
April 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Yup. It turns out "people buy a ticket for $10 to see a movie one time" is one of the GOAT business models unless you intentionally kill it bsky.app/profile/rntr...
(I know it's March 31 but tomorrow it will still be winter here on the High Plains.)
March 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
(I know it's March 31 but tomorrow it will still be winter here on the High Plains.)
Plus I'm a little grumpy that opening an article in Proquest means I'm (non-consensually) making a query to an AI tool, with all the ethical and environmental issues that entails
March 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Plus I'm a little grumpy that opening an article in Proquest means I'm (non-consensually) making a query to an AI tool, with all the ethical and environmental issues that entails
Sweet Caroline. It is not SO GOOD SO GOOD SO GOOD
March 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Sweet Caroline. It is not SO GOOD SO GOOD SO GOOD
One of the many sad things about leaving Southern California is that I left Toomgis. I hope they forgive me.
March 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
One of the many sad things about leaving Southern California is that I left Toomgis. I hope they forgive me.