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There were three things GPT-3 returned to again and again,” explains Thomas. “The first was love, this profound sense that love is at the core of everything. The next was returning to the present moment, being aware of the present moment. The third was the fact that we are connected to everything, to the universe around us and to each other, which is foundational to Buddhism.”
What A.I. Means for Buddhism
Ross Nervig
Usually, the outside world provides the brain with plenty of stimulation, but sometimes it does not and the brain has to stimulate itself. Worry is one way that the brain can generate its own activity. Yes, worry relieves boredom. And I believe this is why most worrying occurs.
The Art of Taking It Easy
Brian King
A lot is wrong with the internet, but much of it boils down to this one problem: We are all constantly talking to one another. Take that in every sense. Before online tools, we talked less frequently, and with fewer people. The average person had a handful of conversations a day, and the biggest group she spoke in front of was maybe a wedding reception or a company meeting, a few hundred people at most. Maybe her statement would be recorded, but there were few mechanisms for it to be amplified and spread around the world, far beyond its original context.
People Aren’t Meant to Talk This Much
Ian Bogost
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