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There is a delight in finally discovering the exact right label for one’s felt experience. Language facilitates higher levels of attention.
Attending to the Other - By Jasmine Wang 5535657137
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Carl Schmitt says it is a “sign of inner conflict to have more than one real enemy.”11 The same holds for friends. Following Schmitt, having more than one true friend would betoken a lack of character and definition. One’s many friends on Facebook would offer further proof of the late-modern ego’s lack of character and definition. In positive terms, such a human being without character is flexible, able to assume any form, play any role, or perform any function. This shapelessness—or, alternately, flexibility—creates a high degree of economic efficiency.
The Burnout Society
Han, Byung-Chul;
OpenAI didn’t expect ChatGPT to amount to much more than a passing curiosity among AI obsessives on Twitter: In a company pool wagering how many people might use ChatGPT during its first week, the highest guess was 100,000 users. (The tool hit 1 million within the first five days.) The product was intended to be the software equivalent of a concept car. Instead, it became one of the most popular applications in the history of the internet.
One Year In, ChatGPT’s Legacy Is Clear
Galaxy Brain
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