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Golda Velez

floating snips

if writing is the search for shape and meaning in life is must be a selective one the truth is full of distraction and laziness, napping in the face of urgency forgetting oneself and remembering again and hiding from that truth accepting maybe but celebrating nonsense? what is self anyway

public pieces published at...

So my writings here are sort of musings, on the personal side as opposed to the what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-the-world side. I also write as gvelez on medium; as wordmonkey on dailyKos; occasionally on Blog for Arizona & Hacker Noon; and once on impakter, LA Progressive and TechDirt should you wish to subject

A Language of Meaning and Action

There is really only one question, ever. Given the state of the world to my knowledge, what should I do next? Answered shallowly, the answer may be order pizza for dinner drink a beer finish a task on my list continue or start a conversation with a friend post on

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walking over a bridge in san jose, costa rica after talking to an Israeli ex-pat in the hostel and preparing for RightsCon tomorrow, i realized why i haven't been writing, at least one of the reasons the work is not so much to pull a thread of sense

artistic gene

Feeling very lucky today to have such strong, creative, independent daughters Not to mention artistic: Expression through art is so valuable, and it reflects a synthesis that is hard to capture in linear form. There was a period when I didn't post about my family much, partly because

family fiction

How did I not realize my daughter published this lovely short piece back in 2017. Cherry & Chocolate by Amber Velez, published by Drunk Monkeys The title is familiar but I think I had read a different one and confused it for this one. Reading now - its like finding

What AIs are good for...

AIs good at helping humans do what they intend << AIs that are good at manipulating humans to do what someone else wants this is more a tweet than a blog post, but I'm not tweeting now...

here is a panel i was on

saving it here for reference, will frame it more later. these were really cool lawyers who work on human rights and freedom of expression and also they are hopeful for decentralized tech solutions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YsnGkFG7o8

Soul is Rational: Why we need SBTs

also published on mirror.xyz - but I think I'll keep a copy here all the same. some of the thoughts evolved from the previous "minddump" draft... The dismal science, also known as Economics, describes behavior as "rational" if maximizes personal satisfaction. Markets are

Thinking in the Open

You write notes down first, then write them up. So, this is writing down, threading out thoughts to sift through later. Joy in work comes from meaning, and teammates - and most when colleagues share the meaning and core values, enough of the deep context, and share a level of