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Starting in the summer of 2020 and peaking in late 2021, various factors conspired to create an economy gone wild: direct-check COVID relief, money printer gone brrrrr, a crypto bull market, and a global population stuck in front of their screens. Instead of the Umami Era disintegrating into pure, gritty dystopia, we saw incredible returns on incredibly random things. Taking seemingly ridiculous risks became a smart thing to do. We call this era Clown Town.
It’s also known as *sama vritti pranayama*, born of the yogic practice of pranayama, or focusing on the breath.
Its common name, “box breathing,” refers to the fact that a box has four sides, a concept represented here by breathing while you slowly count to four for a total of four times — four counts of breathing in, four counts of holding your breath, four counts of exhaling and four more counts of holding after your exhale.
How Box Breathing Can Help You Destress
Melissa Young
The reason tasks like looking up part numbers and data sheets is hard is that *time* is expensive for us humans. But AI in inference mode has all the time in the world compared to you and me. It can do an hour’s worth of browsing around and collecting links in minutes, and what’s more, tirelessly browse and collect for hours.
Oozy Intelligence in Slow Time
Ribbonfarm Studio
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