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Like an unattended turkey deep frying on the patio, truly global distributed consensus promises deliciousness while yielding only immolation.

Corrosion

Peter Cai

If you are talking to a human and he or she doesn’t understand you, you might make your question simpler. That is exactly the wrong tack to take with ChatGPT. You will get a better result by making your question more detailed and complex.

ChatGPT: What Kinds of Questions Get Good Answers? A User's Guide - Bloomberg

Tyler Cowen

The Japanese philosophy of [Mingei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingei) was another movement we should heed. Developed in the 1920's, it championed the beauty of everyday items made by “nameless craftsmen” with traditional techniques and local materials. This pushed against the prevailing cultural trends of moderinism that valued “high art” made by famous artists.

Folk Interfaces

Maggie Appleton

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