“It may not be true, however it’s actual.” This was the current recommendation given to us at Curriculum Evening by the Head of Higher College (Grades 5-8) the place my daughter is a pupil. Loosely translated – because it pertains to the parenting of teenage ladies: no matter emotions they’re manifesting; no matter they imagine in occurring to them; regardless of the possibilities they’re assigning to outcomes of those conditions — they won’t at all times be logical or possible however they’re 100% genuine. So in case your try to ‘assist’ them is simply to bypass their feelings and go straight to logic, whereas unintentionally refuting their lived expertise, effectively, that’s not going to work.
Looks as if this holds true for not simply my daughter’s age vary however maybe all people? Or at the very least that’s what I used to be pondering when studying Jasmine Solar’s newest essay “🌻 are you high-agency or an NPC?”
It’s simple to suppose from the surface that San Francisco is the one place on earth insulated from disaster. Everybody else resides in concern of political upheaval and mass job loss, whereas the wealthy nerds found go well with jackets and now they’re those on prime. “My mutuals run the world,” goes one Twitter chorus.
For the tech business as an entire, this can be true. However for many particular person individuals, the swagger is a gilded floor, paper-thin.
She goes on to cowl the zeitgeist of the SF AI scene in a means that jogged my memory of the opening quote about actuality and reality. What she’s describing is unquestionably actual, however is it additionally true? Within the query of, are the folks described precisely understanding the setting round them or is it extra of a sense distorted by the echo chamber, standing maximizing, and security looking for? And is it true for sufficient of our neighborhood or only a slim (however influential) phase of AI maximalist, extremely on-line, 18-32 12 months outdated SF people?
More and more speaking about ‘tech’ generally conjures the Blind Males and the Elephant parable – the animal you suppose you’re describing could be very completely different relying on which a part of the beast you grabbed.
Jasmine, who is a superb author, closes along with her personal metaphoric comp, a current sauna go to
Again within the sauna, the temperature is climbing. We maintain our heads in our arms, making an attempt to not overheat. There’s a stinging on my collar and I understand I forgot to take away my necklace. A primary-timer burns the soles of his toes. Lastly, I’ve had sufficient. We file out, and plunge into chilly water.
