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Yesterday, I decided that my blogging career should come to an end. I was doing myself a disservice. I told myself that the goal of the posts was to dig deeper, peel back the layers, get down to the core. But by publishing online (or on-chain as the case may be), I was subconsciously writing for others, even if I told myself that I didn't care if others read. So, in an effort to be more authentic, I figured I'd stop publishing and start doing a private journal. Within 2 hours of that decision...
jer979Value. Happiness.
I feel happy. It's fun, it's light, like a feather floating at the beginning of Forrest Gump. But, like the feather, it's not grounded. It can flitter and float away. Value is also ephemeral. We know it when we see it. We feel it, somewhere deep inside. Something connects to us, saying "yes, this is worth it." The "it" that it's worth is energy. Energy in the form of time, attention, money. The things of which our possession is limited. There's a reason why all the great traditions point to "...
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jer979Purpose Struggle
Yesterday, I decided that my blogging career should come to an end. I was doing myself a disservice. I told myself that the goal of the posts was to dig deeper, peel back the layers, get down to the core. But by publishing online (or on-chain as the case may be), I was subconsciously writing for others, even if I told myself that I didn't care if others read. So, in an effort to be more authentic, I figured I'd stop publishing and start doing a private journal. Within 2 hours of that decision...
jer979Value. Happiness.
I feel happy. It's fun, it's light, like a feather floating at the beginning of Forrest Gump. But, like the feather, it's not grounded. It can flitter and float away. Value is also ephemeral. We know it when we see it. We feel it, somewhere deep inside. Something connects to us, saying "yes, this is worth it." The "it" that it's worth is energy. Energy in the form of time, attention, money. The things of which our possession is limited. There's a reason why all the great traditions point to "...
jer979Coffee with AI
Every day for the past month, I’ve had a coffee date with AI. I literally sit down, with a cup of coffee, with an appointment on my calendar that says “coffee with AI”. During that time, AI (I’ve used ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Venice) and I literally have a chat, the way I would with a friend. It’s not “write this letter for me” or “do this or that.” No, it’s a chance for us to have a conversation about whatever topic I want. Many days, recently, at least, it’s been about quant...
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Shakespeare may have once asked, “what’s in a name?”
Today, he may ask “what’s in a prompt?”
As ChatGPT sweeps the world, the nature of work and the skills required to be successful change with i
In “Get ready for a whole new future led by AI technology”, the author, an economics professor at a management school in India writes:
Providing a good prompt is vital for the quality of a chatbot’s output, for example, so knowing what to ask and how to ask would become critical. Several such technologies can talk to each other, while we need to know how best to orchestrate it. This means resourcefulness will be a crucial skill.
The other skill that he thinks is going to be big and come back into vogue?
Humanities.
I’ve long been a believer in the power of the humanities to facilitate critical cross-discipline thinking.
Now, it seems like the shift that went hard towards coding as a skill is moving the other way, since the AI can create the code.
Tomorrow’s core competencies will also require aptitudes and training that differ. Resourcefulness, integrative thinking and articulation are likely to become far more valuable and necessary than basic coding and programming.
I was speaking to my sister-in-law, a professor, who was distraught over the idea that the essay as a means of teaching critical thinking and grit may no longer be available to her.
The arrival of ChatGPT, like disruptive technologies before it, is going to have multiple implications on the way we live our lives.
My general philosophy is that you can’t put the genie back into the bottle. It’s a Darwinian moment and the challenge is to adapt.
The next skill: Great prompt writing.
Shakespeare may have once asked, “what’s in a name?”
Today, he may ask “what’s in a prompt?”
As ChatGPT sweeps the world, the nature of work and the skills required to be successful change with i
In “Get ready for a whole new future led by AI technology”, the author, an economics professor at a management school in India writes:
Providing a good prompt is vital for the quality of a chatbot’s output, for example, so knowing what to ask and how to ask would become critical. Several such technologies can talk to each other, while we need to know how best to orchestrate it. This means resourcefulness will be a crucial skill.
The other skill that he thinks is going to be big and come back into vogue?
Humanities.
I’ve long been a believer in the power of the humanities to facilitate critical cross-discipline thinking.
Now, it seems like the shift that went hard towards coding as a skill is moving the other way, since the AI can create the code.
Tomorrow’s core competencies will also require aptitudes and training that differ. Resourcefulness, integrative thinking and articulation are likely to become far more valuable and necessary than basic coding and programming.
I was speaking to my sister-in-law, a professor, who was distraught over the idea that the essay as a means of teaching critical thinking and grit may no longer be available to her.
The arrival of ChatGPT, like disruptive technologies before it, is going to have multiple implications on the way we live our lives.
My general philosophy is that you can’t put the genie back into the bottle. It’s a Darwinian moment and the challenge is to adapt.
The next skill: Great prompt writing.
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