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I think he's right about this—things are going to get weird and ugly and people aren't prepared for what's coming. Here's my suggestion for safeguarding your sa

I think he's right about this—things are going to get weird and ugly and people aren't prepared for what's coming. Here's my suggestion for safeguarding your sanity in the years ahead: find the people and the blogs you love, embrace RSS, block or avoid everything else, read old books, stop listening to podcasts, revert to email as the primary channel for occasional "social" correspondence, abandon all side projects that require additional screen time, go outside. This is the way.

nagonago 4y ago
I agree with most of your advice, especially "go outside" ... but I don't understand why one should "stop listening to podcasts". Do you mean stop listening to podcasts which discuss current events? Because there are plenty of good podcasts which don't. Also, I think this is good advice even without the proliferation of deepfakes or GPT spam. I already abandoned social media in favor of small group chats and Real Life long ago, and I know I'm not alone. The only habit I still need to kick is reading too much HN. ;)
- blueridge 4y ago
  https://www.bradeast.org/blog/quit-podcasts https://www.bradeast.org/blog/quit-podcasts
th13row 4y ago
No, this is not the way. What's the point in burying your head in the sand? I don't think the vast majority of people 1) care about this 2) even know what RSS is 3) will stop listening to podcasts 4) will use email as their primary channel for correspondence. By all means, do this if it's what you, personally, need.
owl57 4y ago
…go outside. This is the way. Hmm. Thinking in this context… Wearing a helmet even in a room of friends looks like overkill from anti-surveillance perspective, but could be a good protection from deep fakes: someone could still record your face with a hidden camera, but it will be useless for fakes because no one knows it's you and on the other hand everyone knows you don't walk around bare face.
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nagonago 4y ago

I agree with most of your advice, especially "go outside" ... but I don't understand why one should "stop listening to podcasts". Do you mean stop listening to podcasts which discuss current events? Because there are plenty of good podcasts which don't. Also, I think this is good advice even without the proliferation of deepfakes or GPT spam. I already abandoned social media in favor of small group chats and Real Life long ago, and I know I'm not alone. The only habit I still need to kick is reading too much HN. ;)

blueridge 4y ago
https://www.bradeast.org/blog/quit-podcasts https://www.bradeast.org/blog/quit-podcasts

th13row 4y ago

No, this is not the way. What's the point in burying your head in the sand? I don't think the vast majority of people 1) care about this 2) even know what RSS is 3) will stop listening to podcasts 4) will use email as their primary channel for correspondence. By all means, do this if it's what you, personally, need.

owl57 4y ago

…go outside. This is the way. Hmm. Thinking in this context… Wearing a helmet even in a room of friends looks like overkill from anti-surveillance perspective, but could be a good protection from deep fakes: someone could still record your face with a hidden camera, but it will be useless for fakes because no one knows it's you and on the other hand everyone knows you don't walk around bare face.

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