Putting my money where someone’s voice isn’t
Here’s a short story.I had a paid subscription to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.I had it because I liked the technology and wanted to support it.I’ve read recently about ethics concerns that have caused employees and film stars to complain.So I’ve cancelled my subscription and have signed up to Claude instead. It’s...
Old habits
Funny what habits are coming back as I start blogging again. Without thinking about it, I found myself for the first time in quite a few years adding “blog” to my search terms (this one was “knowledge organisers blog”) and being more enthused by the results and the depth of thinking there was there. The […]
Praxis – The Rarest of the Three
Aristotle divided human activities into three broad categories: thinking (theoria), making (poiesis), and doing (praxis). Put another way, I suppose, they are the why, the what, and the how. In very coarse terms, and trying to link it to rhetoric, I wonder how it matches the various posts I read on Twitter and blogs. The categories...
An Epidemic of Listicles
I like this excerpt from Krista Tippett’s interview with Maria Popova, curator of the wonderful Brain Pickings [Thanks to the Centre for Teaching] Culture needs stewardship, not disruption. … We seem somehow bored with thinking. We want to instantly know. And there’s this epidemic of listicles. Why think about what...
Upgrade Woes
I dunno … sometimes you update your theme to keep things current and it completely changes things. Rebuilding things now. Sigh.
Trying to help
Had a bit of a rush of blood to the head. Am off to Lesvos after Christmas to help out with the refugees for a week. Tickets and hotel booked. I’m not actually doing it to raise money. I’m paying for it myself and to be honest, I may well end up staying in my […]
Updating Movable Type
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