Laura (laura)

The history of technology is endlessly interesting... Fun fact: "Blackout curtains were invented to keep light from escaping, not the other way around as they’re used today."

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The key to a successful life is to embrace reality. Constructed worlds are a form of kryptonite – draining us of our life force and leaving us addicted to jam instead of fruit. Does anyone else feel similarly? https://notes.lauraevans.io/permanent/Prefer+reality+to+constructed+worlds

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New thought algorithm: Use GPT-3 to generate disconfirming evidence for every key belief I hold. I've found this implementation of Darwin's method has helped me and add rigor to my thinking. Has anyone else tried something similar?

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"With a completely dark city, the German bomber planes struggled to see where to drop their bombs and many historians credit millions of lives saved to the blackout efforts." h/t Glimpse

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The key to a successful life is to embrace reality. Constructed worlds are a form of kryptonite – draining us of our life force and leaving us addicted to jam instead of fruit. Does anyone else feel similarly? https://notes.lauraevans.io/permanent/Prefer+reality+to+constructed+worlds

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Can anyone recommend a browser extension for article summarization? Or any favorite ML-assisted writing tools? Looks doable via the GPT-3 API, but would rather not reinvent the wheel if something's already out there.

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How do you systematically manage your attention? A few of my experiments: - Obsidian spaced repetition (see more: shorturl.at/cLRY6) - Training social media algorithms like a pet - Feedly for article consumption Our outputs reflect our inputs. Would love any suggestions!

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