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Todd Walker

Todd Walker

SF Bay Area
Ephemera collector. Idea connector.
Feb
22

Machines will not teach us to have a caring mind.

Perhaps the most famous of Zen's traditional texts is the Ten Oxherding Pictures. The ox, in India, is
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Feb
17
A resolution has to start somewhere.

A resolution has to start somewhere.

We are always concerned with good and bad, trapped in patterns of resentment and intimacy. When we linger with those
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Feb
17
You Should Read - Feb 17

You Should Read - Feb 17

Just One Thing "I will not harm you unless you harm me first." Simon Willison recounts a number
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Feb
10
You Should Read - Feb 10

You Should Read - Feb 10

Just One Thing Ted Chiang, ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web: OpenAI’s chatbot offers paraphrases, whereas Google
3 min read
Feb
03
You Should Read - Feb 3

You Should Read - Feb 3

Just One Thing The Rock Island Line is a mighty good road. The Rock Island Line is the road to
2 min read
Jan
30
You Should Read - Jan 27

You Should Read - Jan 27

Just One Thing Every Riot Is a Police Riot Some thoughts on police murder in America, and the gravity of
3 min read
Jan
20
You Should Read - Jan 20

You Should Read - Jan 20

Our New Robot Overlords Scale Meet Claude: Anthropic's Rival to ChatGPT --> Anthropic was founded by ex-OpenAI
2 min read
Jan
13
You Should Read - Jan 13

You Should Read - Jan 13

Collected Ephemera TeenVogue Goddard College: The History of a Self-Sufficient, Anti-Fascist Institution --> Interesting disclaimer added post-publication. PsyPost Working
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Jan
11
What I (Didn't) Read in 2022

What I (Didn't) Read in 2022

Wow. I finished just three books this year. Too much Reddit. Read * Trust in Mind: The Rebellion of Chinese Zen
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Jan
06
You Should Read - Jan 6

You Should Read - Jan 6

Just One Thing 52 Acts of Kindness: How to Spread Joy in Every Week of 2023 Whether fostering kittens, donating
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