“Monthly Roundup #17: April 2024” by Zvi

As always, a lot to get to. This is everything that wasn’t in any of the other categories.

Bad News

You might have to find a way to actually enjoy the work.

Greg Brockman (President of OpenAI): Sustained great work often demands enjoying the process for its own sake rather than only feeling joy in the end result. Time is mostly spent between results, and hard to keep pushing yourself to get to the next level if you’re not having fun while doing so.

Yeah. This matches my experience in all senses. If you don’t find a way to enjoy the work, your work is not going to be great.

This is the time. This is the place.

Guiness Pig: In a discussion at work today:

“If you email someone to ask for something and they send you an email trail showing [...]

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Outline:

(00:13) Bad News

(04:23) Patriots and Tyrants

(07:31) Asymmetric Justice Incarnate

(08:55) Loneliness

(11:50) Get Involved

(12:32) Government Working

(22:31) Crime and Punishment

(30:27) Squatters Should Not Be Able to Steal Your House

(33:17) El Salvador

(40:14) Our Criminal Justice Problem With Junk Science

(45:43) Variously Effective Altruism

(55:26) Technology Advances

(58:07) You Need More Screen Space

(01:00:02) Apple Vision Pro

(01:02:34) A Matter of Antitrust

(01:12:06) RTFB: Read the Bill

(01:13:42) Antisocial Media

(01:17:13) RIP NPR

(01:20:27) Entertainment Monthly

(01:22:17) Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game

(01:27:57) Luck Be a Landlord

(01:31:04) Sports Go Sports

(01:39:10) Know When To Fold ‘Em

(01:44:26) Wouldn’t You Prefer a Good Game of Chess

(01:51:17) Total Eclipse of the Sun

(01:53:15) Delegation

(01:55:48) Good News, Everyone

(02:07:03) I Was Promised Flying Self-Driving Cars

(02:08:43) While I Cannot Condone This

(02:11:39) There has been little change in rates of being vegetarian (4%) or vegan (1%). Yes, the people I meet are radically more likely to be both these things, but those are weird circles. However, I also notice a radical explosion in the number of vegan restaurants and products on offer. So something is going on.

(02:15:08) What Is Best In Life?

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First published:
April 15th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/cbkJWkKWvETwJqoj2/monthly-roundup-17-april-2024

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