Work Paste
As I’ve gotten older, one thing I’ve started to realize is that there are many different kinds of burnout. I know this, because I’ve gone through several, and watched my friends, family, and colleagues go through an even wider variety of them. For starters, there is the most physical kind of burnout. I’m talking about […]
Humility
Unelected! Unpopular! Lifetime appointments! Self-enforced ethics rules! Very little documentation defining its role! The Supreme Court really does have it all, when you stop and think about it. And “government at its finest“? I think you’re on pretty safe ground with “the Supreme Court is important”, or my personal stance of “it was a decent […]
The Michael Scott Paper Company Golf Association
Major news in a sport I don’t care that much about, but have been unable to ignore because the lawsuits are too interesting. This is all fine and probably makes sense, but there are some pretty funny elements to it when you look at how all of this will eventually get sorted out. Still to […]
Bad Ethics, Bad Products
AI bots make stuff up. This is not new; in fact, it’s so commonplace that people aren’t even phased by it. Rather than question the value of the bullshit robot, we’ve started to doubt the existence of non-bullshit. Unfortunately, this problem isn’t going away. And while there’s a weird consumer religion out there that machine […]
Tell me more about this “revenge” concept
In the Wall Street Journal today: Obviously, I immediately thought of my favorite mayor. And with that, I yield the floor.
Actually, Top Gun: Maverick is Bad
I am not a shitposter, I swear. I don’t even really have time to construct inflammatory takes, let alone take abuse for them and somehow turn that into engagement or personal brand or whatever it is people do with internet rage. So when I saw the Top Gun sequel, I kept things to myself. I […]