Mama: brussel sprouts are good for your muscles.
Arthur (5yo): and your butt!
M: actually yes, it's good for your poop. Also it makes your poop smell extra bad...
A: 😏
A: I'm gonna eat all my brussel sprouts!!

carefree... ☀️

... but out of carelessness 👹

i only know how to explain to someone
i don't know how to move someone

... why are you all so heavy 😘

Ways to say no without saying no part 7: that is a very creative hypothesis!!

Arthur (5yo, angry): YOU'RE A BAD BABA!
Me (aloud): I'm sorry you feel that way right now, bud
Me (in my head): 🎶 you know I'm bad, I'm bad, you know it!! 🎶

The exchange rate between money and power represents a singularity in the system. At the singularity, money is no longer a relevant performance indicator. Good regulation exists to keep us outside of the event horizon, where the rules of capitalism still apply.

Refrigerator: ding ding ding!
Me: oh shut it!!
Refrigerator: ...
Me: ah yes that's my job isn't it 😅

Brothers, Racing Up the Stairs

Arthur (victorious): I WIN!
Otto (victorious): I WIN!
Arthur (assertive): no, you lose
Otto (contemplative): ...
Otto (victorious): I LOSE!

Selecting the white skin: 👋🏻

Does it come across as "I'm not blindly using the Simpsons-'White' default e.g. privilege"?

Or rather something more sinister akin to White Pride?

What finally convinced me is Slack's handling of emoji responses. I love seeing all the different colors together. 🫶🏻

We create universes

*and*

There is a real world independent of our fantasies

Moments of tranquility in a sea of chaos

Moments of engagement in a sea of nothingness

Trying to find the patterns

The patterns to stay afloat

The patterns to swim

Fighting for air

I figured out how to play with AI

1. Get high 🪴 (optional)
2. Speech to text into your favorite note app
3. Ask for an AI summary
4. Refine & repeat

Before toddlers get good at walking, they get good at tripping and falling without hurting themselves (too much). There's probably a lesson in there somewhere...

So, The Singularity folks thought it meant: a paradise of technological achievement. What it really meant: what was previously understood is now undefined.

Our narratives are so overwhelmed by content that we can't make rational decisions, so we're sliding back into our default mode: tribalism.