Tom Beck (tombeck.eth)

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Greatness can't be planned. The stepping stones don't look like the endpoint. New essay using Picbreeder (a genetic art experiment) and Melville's whaling voyage to explain why carefully planned careers fail, and what to do instead. https://paragraph.com/@driftless/melville-and-his-mfa-by-sea

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ChatGPT talking to Sam Altman ~2035. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aulMPhE12g

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Instead of grass, I touched ice this weekend.

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My toddler after I spend two hours cooking dinner

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On Memorial Day weekend, my wife gave birth to our second boy! Since then I’ve been taking a little break from Farcaster, enjoying time with family. But now I’m looking forward to easing back into casting. Also writing and posting to The Driftless. More to come soon!

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There's an interesting idea bubbling up right now: slow. I wrote about slow writing. What sort of work can it unlock? Why might you benefit from a slower pace? Because going slow is a completely different way of viewing work. Consider this my opening contribution to the burgeoning Slowcore movement.

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