Justin Mikolay 💻
@jmikolay
Inspiring & helping you to create & put something new into the world. Love writing, knowledge management & the creative process. Fmr speechwriter & submariner.
150 Crazy Things that Didn't Work 15 Years Ago
I made a list of 150 crazy things we didn't have 15 years ago
So many used to be hard or frustrating, now they just work
It’s wild how different the world is now
Imagine what it'll be in the future:
🔷EVs
🔷E-books
🔷YouTube
🔷Podcasts
🔷VR gaming
🔷Video calls
🔷Audiobooks
🔷3D printing
🔷Social media
🔷Remote work
🔷Telemedicine
🔷Crowdfunding
🔷Online dating
🔷Online gaming
🔷Online banking
🔷Online learning
🔷Online shopping
🔷Fitness trackers
🔷Mobile hotspots
9 Metaphors for the Relationship Between Creative People and AI
I asked ChatGPT about what it’s like to work with humans
Its answer was surprising
I told it to give me 9 of the best metaphors it could think of about its relationship with creative people
The list shows how powerful AI will be for creative work:
One thing up front:
After ChatGPT gave me the list of metaphors
I asked which was closest to the way it thinks about its relationship with creative people
To me it showed the proper way we should think about it too
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Last night in NYC, @eugenewei talked about how companies think.
“2003 to 2004 was my last year at Amazon.
I joined a skunkworks project inside the company. It was a small team & we were working on something new, not related to retail.
It was a pet project for Jeff Bezos…
Jeff came to us and said, “We're trying out something different now.
This is how we're going to work every week.
You’re going to write a memo. You’re going to write down an essay for me. Then you're going to print it out for me.
Why Most People are Still Underestimating AI, and What’s About to Happen to Society
AI is the most useful technology ever developed
And it’s not even close
AI isn’t overhyped, it’s underhyped
Massively. Still.
Here’s why most people are still underestimating AI, and what’s about to happen to society:
Most people are underestimating AI because they're thinking about it backwards
Instead of thinking about it as a new tool, it's better to think about it as a new INTERFACE to humanity's ultimate tool:
Language. Pictures & symbols w/meaning
The A/V world of human consciousness
26 of the Most Powerful Things I've Ever Learned (About Life, Career & Relationships)
26 of the most powerful things I've ever learned (about life, career & relationships)
Sharing so I don't forget:
A mentor once said, "A word of advice, don't give it"
He meant there's no such thing as advice: it's only possible to share what you've learned & let others draw their own conclusions
Here goes nothin'...
69 of the Most Useful & Educational Resources Shared on Twitter in the Past 30 Days
Every month I bookmark hundreds of tweets, and I'm always surprised by how much I miss
I curated 69 of the most useful & educational resources shared on Twitter in the past 30 days
Here they are, organized into sections
Get in while Twitter's still free...
Sections:
1️⃣ Content & Recs
2️⃣ Writing & Creativity
3️⃣ Business & Entrepreneurship
4️⃣ Web3, Crypto & NFTs
5️⃣ Money, Tax & Investing
6️⃣ Life & Wisdom
7️⃣ Practical & Misc
Let's get to it!