agreements create the structure that makes us more than slime molds agreements with ourselves, what we call integrity, keeping one's word, character they allow us to plan ahead, and follow through; make a promise, and mean it but too many agreements can tie a life into knots that
starting some daily journal entries - these will mainly not show up on the front page, but still saved and findable. I want to pin and record more things. Today, Vancouver, taking the long way around to the AAAI conference...glad i did. Seen and heard on the way a
published at https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/26/how-to-bell-the-ai-cat/
this piece makes me happy every time i reread it. it was born out of frustration with fintech bros A Darwinian Argument “You must die.” The woman spoke dispassionately, her face blank. The jowly man chained at the ankle squinted across the room at her. His glasses had broken in
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
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
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
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
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
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