Hi there Abi - Wonderful post; I had to stop restacking quotes because I was finding nearly every other paragraph full of such wisdom and “drops mic”, that if I didn’t stop, I’d flood the whole notes-feed.
Also, I’m still reading through your book How to Not Use AI - for anyone reading this comment, HIGHLY recommend.
I look forward to continue to read your fully-consented thoughts and words of wisdom as we humans continue throughout time.
And thank you for serving as a huge inspiration for others to speak up.
I’ve historically been a “lurker” on any kind of social media - just reading, “digesting”, rarely contributing back.
Partially/primarily because I did not want my words taken out of context and used against me,
Or profited off of without my permission,
But I find myself in a much different place now. One in which I feel it is much too powerful, valuable,
Priceless,
To keep quiet any longer.
So I hope to contribute to humanity’s growth/evolution in the era of AI via what I can/am blessed to excel at
I.e. in the form of psychoeducation, poetry/prose, and “tough love” wisdom,
My wife, 20 years younger, does that to me. She says, in colloquial Russian "I'm your last train" (the best I can do) she's been doing it for years. Interesting article.
Fantastic post Abi! People need to read this, but I have one request, asked respectfully and gently: please make articles like this shorter...or divide them into three shorter articles. It's not that I'm unwilling or unable to read longer narratives. I read every word! But many won't. They'll read the opening paragraphs then scan the subheaders. Yes, it's a shame we need to "optimize for a world addicted to scanning" but that's where we are. Thank you!
This is one of the most thought provoking pieces I read in the last 12 months. The ideas and message are so powerful and worth sharing! Unfortunately, the article is very long and it can benefit from some editing to make it more concise and improve the flow - I hope you will consider it as I really think these ideas should reach more people.
Thank you - this means a lot. The long form is intentional; these essays are designed to find the readers who want to go deep rather than wide. But you're not wrong that there's a reach problem, and I'm already building the solution: a new shorter, pithier culture-focused section of my substack that will serve as the entry point for people who need a lower-friction taste before they commit to the longer work. I’m just getting started on substack so it will be an evolution - stay tuned.
Some great gems in there but covered by so, so much fluff and repetitions, it's hard to read. I had to frequently skip forward in search of the next piece of thought. It also felt like it was written with AI (these types of repetitious patterns in short sentences are its forte). Please consider trimming some of these to let your message and insight shine.
This is one of the best pieces I've read on Substack to date. Pure fire. Every paragraph. Honestly, I wanted to restack so many things I had to pause because I was basically be restacking your entire piece.
This is the kind of writing I came to Substack for. And I'm annoyed that no one put me on to you (I'm still new, but this the first piece of yours that I've read - but it certainly won't be the last).
'A forecast that never travels upward isn’t a forecast. It’s a dominance display with a spreadsheet attached.'
'The point was to make you pre-emptively inhabit the prison they can’t escape yet themselves.'
'A secure person doesn’t announce weekly that you’re about to be replaced. That’s not confidence. That’s a tic. It’s the sound of someone trying to make the whole world as bodyless as they wish they were.'
Gurl, take a seat.
Have a drink.
Put your feet up.
This was everything I needed to read today and more. It's giving the 'Jasmine Crockett of Substack' - and I'm not even from the US. I loved this.
This is simply brilliant and like Leticia I could've restacked quotes from almost every other paragraph. IQ - the Stanford Binet test has such a dark and nasty history (search - Lewis Termin, a psychologist who misinterpreted and misused the original Binet-Simon test: by 1944 c40,000 women, mostly black and poor, deemed unfit for reproduction, had been forcibly sterilised in the US). In the midst of all of this AI hyperbole and hysteria (and yes, to inflate company valuations), I love that we are seeing the first (albeit dim) signs of a valuing of "feminine" intelligence - a mission very close to my heart.
Wow! This post is a tour-de-force.
Though NOTE: It repeats several paragraphs around the Bryan Johnson image.
Thanks! Noted and fixed.
Hi there Abi - Wonderful post; I had to stop restacking quotes because I was finding nearly every other paragraph full of such wisdom and “drops mic”, that if I didn’t stop, I’d flood the whole notes-feed.
Also, I’m still reading through your book How to Not Use AI - for anyone reading this comment, HIGHLY recommend.
I look forward to continue to read your fully-consented thoughts and words of wisdom as we humans continue throughout time.
And thank you for serving as a huge inspiration for others to speak up.
I’ve historically been a “lurker” on any kind of social media - just reading, “digesting”, rarely contributing back.
Partially/primarily because I did not want my words taken out of context and used against me,
Or profited off of without my permission,
But I find myself in a much different place now. One in which I feel it is much too powerful, valuable,
Priceless,
To keep quiet any longer.
So I hope to contribute to humanity’s growth/evolution in the era of AI via what I can/am blessed to excel at
I.e. in the form of psychoeducation, poetry/prose, and “tough love” wisdom,
Here real soon. 🤓🪄💜
Thanks so much for your kind comment. And yes, don't let them silence you - your unique voice should be out there and your people will find you
Empathic is the new sexy.
I’ve not heard of an empathic AI. Let alone an empathic Sam Altmann.
Narcissistic anti-human behavior is labeled by the Mayo Clinic as a disease.
Just saying.
This is such a fantastic post and has given me so much hope about the strength of real humans. Thank you for writing it so beautifully.
My wife, 20 years younger, does that to me. She says, in colloquial Russian "I'm your last train" (the best I can do) she's been doing it for years. Interesting article.
Fantastic post. That's all :)
Fantastic post Abi! People need to read this, but I have one request, asked respectfully and gently: please make articles like this shorter...or divide them into three shorter articles. It's not that I'm unwilling or unable to read longer narratives. I read every word! But many won't. They'll read the opening paragraphs then scan the subheaders. Yes, it's a shame we need to "optimize for a world addicted to scanning" but that's where we are. Thank you!
This is one of the most thought provoking pieces I read in the last 12 months. The ideas and message are so powerful and worth sharing! Unfortunately, the article is very long and it can benefit from some editing to make it more concise and improve the flow - I hope you will consider it as I really think these ideas should reach more people.
Thank you - this means a lot. The long form is intentional; these essays are designed to find the readers who want to go deep rather than wide. But you're not wrong that there's a reach problem, and I'm already building the solution: a new shorter, pithier culture-focused section of my substack that will serve as the entry point for people who need a lower-friction taste before they commit to the longer work. I’m just getting started on substack so it will be an evolution - stay tuned.
Some great gems in there but covered by so, so much fluff and repetitions, it's hard to read. I had to frequently skip forward in search of the next piece of thought. It also felt like it was written with AI (these types of repetitious patterns in short sentences are its forte). Please consider trimming some of these to let your message and insight shine.
Believe it or not. Human error. Not everything has to be about AI
This is one of the best pieces I've read on Substack to date. Pure fire. Every paragraph. Honestly, I wanted to restack so many things I had to pause because I was basically be restacking your entire piece.
This is the kind of writing I came to Substack for. And I'm annoyed that no one put me on to you (I'm still new, but this the first piece of yours that I've read - but it certainly won't be the last).
'A forecast that never travels upward isn’t a forecast. It’s a dominance display with a spreadsheet attached.'
'The point was to make you pre-emptively inhabit the prison they can’t escape yet themselves.'
'A secure person doesn’t announce weekly that you’re about to be replaced. That’s not confidence. That’s a tic. It’s the sound of someone trying to make the whole world as bodyless as they wish they were.'
Gurl, take a seat.
Have a drink.
Put your feet up.
This was everything I needed to read today and more. It's giving the 'Jasmine Crockett of Substack' - and I'm not even from the US. I loved this.
I cannot WAIT to read your next piece.
Thank you really appreciate this.
This is simply brilliant and like Leticia I could've restacked quotes from almost every other paragraph. IQ - the Stanford Binet test has such a dark and nasty history (search - Lewis Termin, a psychologist who misinterpreted and misused the original Binet-Simon test: by 1944 c40,000 women, mostly black and poor, deemed unfit for reproduction, had been forcibly sterilised in the US). In the midst of all of this AI hyperbole and hysteria (and yes, to inflate company valuations), I love that we are seeing the first (albeit dim) signs of a valuing of "feminine" intelligence - a mission very close to my heart.
Thanks! The feminine principle is missing in tech - it would fix s many problems.