georgex7

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by georgex7 3y ago
(Hey - I wrote this.) > The passage particularly about his date not appreciating his oration of T.S. Eliot's Wasteland is particularly, and forgive the term, cringey. I think it's great for two reasons: (1) It's funny beca
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An Analysis of the Trial by Franz Kafka(backtohumanity.substack.com)
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by georgex7 4y ago
Same
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The Back to Humanity Book Club(backtohumanity.substack.com)
2 points by georgex7 4y ago|0 comments
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by georgex7 4y ago
Perhaps. I think the general public would lose interest if they knew that a great work of art (i.e. the David, or the Sistine Chapel, or an emotional novel) came from a computer. I think HOW something is made is part of what makes it evocat
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by georgex7 4y ago
It's the same as thinking about if one day you wake up and realize that your dog is not conscious. I, for one, would feel that something was lost. We want writers and painters and conscious beings on the other side of these pieces that
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by georgex7 4y ago
It's semantics, but I take your point. I'm trying to give a new definition of art that you disagree with, and by that definition nature would be beautiful but not art. I could be wrong. I agree that AI will create breath-taking im
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“Generative Art” is Not Art: Consciousness is a pre-requisite(backtohumanity.substack.com)
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by georgex7 4y ago
Prominent investors, politicians, athletes, etc were associated with FTX/Sam. Should we lose faith in Sequoia, etc, etc, etc?
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by georgex7 4y ago
Yo thanks! Will check all these out.
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by georgex7 4y ago
Can you throw me some links please? Would like to read more here.
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Why SBF Is Especially Depressing: Where Did All the Heroes Go?(backtohumanity.substack.com)
3 points by georgex7 4y ago|9 comments
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by georgex7 4y ago
I wrote a pretty detailed blog post about Murakami's background and how he was able to create an emotionally powerful masterpiece in Norwegian Wood: https://backtohumanity.substack.com/p/reading-guide-norwegia... .
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Ask HN: HN-like forum for literature and cinema?
54 points by georgex7 4y ago|56 comments
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Reading Guide: Norwegian Wood(backtohumanity.substack.com)
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Working Like a Boxer(backtohumanity.substack.com)
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Reading Guide: Tender Is the Night(backtohumanity.substack.com)
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by georgex7 4y ago
Use this as an opportunity to take a walk or, God forbid, run into other human beings in a restaurant.
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One Month Without the Internet(backtohumanity.substack.com)
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Optimizing for Feedback(backtohumanity.substack.com)
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One Week Without the Internet(backtohumanity.substack.com)
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The Art of Political Conversation(backtohumanity.substack.com)
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Choosing Man Over Machine: Navigating a world where computers create like humans(backtohumanity.substack.com)
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Quitting the Internet(backtohumanity.substack.com)
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by georgex7 4y ago
Another reason why we hate Zuck: https://backtohumanity.substack.com/p/why-people-hate-zuck
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by georgex7 4y ago
Yeah I didn’t mean to put emphasis on the Gates part, he just happened to be included in the video. But good feedback
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by georgex7 4y ago
Interesting
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by georgex7 4y ago
Can you explain more please?
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Why People Hate Zuck(backtohumanity.substack.com)
14 points by georgex7 4y ago|16 comments
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by georgex7 4y ago
fml thanks for this though

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