Just like every new tool ever, AI is electrifyingly jacked – Newsletter 1-3
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General
Social Media is Bad For You, and AI Will Be Too
“Try Gemeni for free! “AI is now part of your subscription!“Our AI will help you write like a pro!” …then “you have used your monthly AI Credits, click here to upgrade.” Add another $14.99 to your list of monthlies. It’s
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Ethical Incentives and Good Outcomes
When the system rewards wealth, power, and narcissism — self-interest over community — then people automatically become greedy. At the vulnerable end, self-interest gets reinforced by economic imperatives like rent & food. If you don’t play the money game and
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Attention Capitalism
In this 1/3/25 NYT article MSNBC’s Chris Hayes discusses how corporations monetize user attention, and the lengths they will go to to get it. He finds that tension between attention and boredom is an entertainment goldmine. Overtly, we are psychologically manipulated
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Ethics v Profit
Steward Health Care… a catastrophic unraveling of vital care at the hands of inconceivably selfish leadership. Cascading harms in every direction. And harming both patients unable to care for themselves and the workers watching them die. You can’t provide decent
The Benefits of Good Decisions
A good life is built on thoughtful, informed, and loving decisions — little gifts to your future self, family, friends, and colleagues– like buying the right ice cream on a hot summer day. Your ice cream ethic. Sometimes, you have
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