Especially post-2020, community is hard to maintain and individualism is an insidious plague. Lying about identity during Pride Month is a cardinal sin, and yet thousands around the world (at least the western world) are lying to themselves when they say they are polyamorous. Relationships across the board are suffering, and love should be present in different forms in life. I would personally argue that we need to diversify the love, but polyamory is NOT that—and many fail to see the difference.
...read on...
Of all the things we could’ve off-loaded to machines, why did people choose expression? Art and writing are forms of self-expression, ones which require practice to hone. There is no practice with AI, especially one which you do not train yourself. The world is full of yellow and em-dashes. It’s sad, because I love em-dashes and now I’m censoring myself so that people don’t confuse me for the droids. They don’t suffer through these words like I do. They don’t reason like I do—and they may not reason at all.
...read on...
My career in data and systems engineering classes made me keenly aware of exactly how much faith you should not have in data. When numbers are peer reviewed, the methods are studied, and the people are experienced, they can usually be trusted. Everything else is suspect.
...read on...
In a world of unprecedented access to our own images, we’ve managed to distort what vanity actually is. An IG reel (no one will ever make me download tiktok) from a Christian influencer questioned and criticized her own use of the term “oh my god” as it “takes the name of the lord in vain.” While the distortion of vanity from social media is relatively recent, the misalignment from religion has existed at least since the crusades.
...read on...
As certified confrontational person, I find it funny that people take conflict so seriously. Maybe this is a holdover from my depressed days, but truly nothing is ever that serious. We’re all a bit frivolous in our beliefs, grudges, and perspectives. I think recognizing that while demonstrating the frivolity authentically (and respectfully) is key to leaving a conflict or discussion more resolved.
...read on...
At some point in my remote career it’s become apparent that a work-life balance is predicated on giving the correct weight to work and life. It’s definitely a luxury to have a job that you can perform around your life, but as it turns out it’s easy to mess that up if you don’t build your life outside of work.
...read on...