Amanda D. Smith
@amandadsmith.bsky.social
Energy nerd, former engineering academic, scientist, analyst, climate educator. 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🌱🐈🐕📖🌲🍄🥾🥟
Not nostalgic for Twitter. Even "old" Twitter.
"The name of our beautiful reward is not profit. Its name is freedom."
- Ursula K. Le Guin
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Not nostalgic for Twitter. Even "old" Twitter.
"The name of our beautiful reward is not profit. Its name is freedom."
- Ursula K. Le Guin
linktr.ee/amandadsmith
It seems the financial prospects of AI tech changed suddenly, especially in the US.
The tech didn't change that suddenly. The financial system is entirely made up.
Whether something is cost-effective or profitable cannot be the main factor guiding any of our decisions as we build a better world.
The tech didn't change that suddenly. The financial system is entirely made up.
Whether something is cost-effective or profitable cannot be the main factor guiding any of our decisions as we build a better world.
January 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It seems the financial prospects of AI tech changed suddenly, especially in the US.
The tech didn't change that suddenly. The financial system is entirely made up.
Whether something is cost-effective or profitable cannot be the main factor guiding any of our decisions as we build a better world.
The tech didn't change that suddenly. The financial system is entirely made up.
Whether something is cost-effective or profitable cannot be the main factor guiding any of our decisions as we build a better world.
Modern bureaucracy requires 'calculable rules' in order to work, and the more those rules are divorced from our humanity, the more 'calculable' things become and the more optimized we think our bureaucracies are.
(Max Weber in translation, openlibrary.org/books/OL6498...)
(Max Weber in translation, openlibrary.org/books/OL6498...)
January 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Modern bureaucracy requires 'calculable rules' in order to work, and the more those rules are divorced from our humanity, the more 'calculable' things become and the more optimized we think our bureaucracies are.
(Max Weber in translation, openlibrary.org/books/OL6498...)
(Max Weber in translation, openlibrary.org/books/OL6498...)
Grateful for whoever put this in the Q&A box during my last webinar:
"There's no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be"- Octavia Butler
Yes.
That's right.🙏
I will keep coming back to this.🕯️
Read the whole essay - it's short! ⬇️
"There's no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be"- Octavia Butler
Yes.
That's right.🙏
I will keep coming back to this.🕯️
Read the whole essay - it's short! ⬇️
November 29, 2024 at 6:10 AM
Grateful for whoever put this in the Q&A box during my last webinar:
"There's no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be"- Octavia Butler
Yes.
That's right.🙏
I will keep coming back to this.🕯️
Read the whole essay - it's short! ⬇️
"There's no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be"- Octavia Butler
Yes.
That's right.🙏
I will keep coming back to this.🕯️
Read the whole essay - it's short! ⬇️