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John Rogers @_johnrogers360

Passionate about bringing different thought to the proverbial table.

Joined March 2009
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6 Aug 2024
After tabulating the 4,567 ballots cast by delegates, as 2024 @DemConvention Secretary, I’m pleased to certify that Vice President Kamala Harris has been chosen as our Democratic nominee for President of the United States, receiving 99% of the votes cast. Now, let’s win this!
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This is a really good reminder to us all! We're all prisoners of our own #perspective The key is really putting your #criticalthinking skills to work. 1 big thing: America's reality distortion machine axios.com/newsletters/axios-… #axiosam

Axios AM - 1 big thing: America's reality distortion machine

Here's a wild thought experiment: What if we've been deceived into thinking we're more divided, more dysfunctional and more defeated than we actually are?

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This is brilliant. "If you think in terms of surface area, it's easy to see why we are so anxious, stressed, and constantly behind. ..." A Tiny #Thought worth reading in the @farnamstreet weekly Newsletter. Read it here: fs.blog/brain-food/january-1…

Small Surface Area

Brain Food – No. 559 – January 14, 2024 Timeless ideas and insights for life. (Read the archives). FS “Perhaps the most comforting thing about growing old gracefully is the increasing ability not to...

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A Tiny Thought in the @farnamstreet Weekly Newsletter: "The most important thing you can do in 2024 is to distinguish between what is within your control and what is not — and focus all your energy on what is within your control."
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A terrific little history of Christmas. Probably not what you thought. The Ghost of Christmas Past: A Look At the History of Christmas fs.blog/history-of-christmas… #powerofperspective

Christmas Past: A Look At the History of Christmas

Christmas, at least as we know it today, resembles nothing of its past. A look at the history of Christmas revels behavior that would shock us today.

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I'm a big believer in #redteams having done many of them and a big believer in #thomasfreidman as well. The Debate That Israel Needs Over the War nytimes.com/2023/12/01/opini…

Opinion | The Debate That Israel Needs Over the War (Published 2023)

Wiping out Hamas is an unattainable goal, and getting stuck in Gaza would be a disaster.

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This is a really interesting story on many levels. While the attention is on #Altman, the really big story is all about the myth around #AI constraint. 1 big thing — Behind the Curtain: Myth of AI restraint axios.com/newsletters/axios-… #axiosam

Axios AM - 1 big thing — Behind the Curtain: Myth of AI restraint

Nearly every high-level Washington meeting, star-studded conference and story about AI centers on one epic question: Can this awesome new power be constrained?

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While we don't know the full story, what we do know is the #OpenAI Board really blew how they handled the removal of #SamAltman. Part of the role of a #BoardofDirectors is to calm trouble waters, not create a tsunami.
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Good synopsis and cautions of our current #threats. Add #climatechange, #AI and #Democracy to the list and you'll want to start drinking. 1 big thing — Behind the Curtain: A rattled U.S. government axios.com/newsletters/axios-… #axiosam

Axios AM - 1 big thing — Behind the Curtain: A rattled U.S. government

"Behind the Curtain" is a new column by Axios CEO Jim VandeHei and co-founder Mike Allen, based on regular conversations with White House and congressional leaders, CEOs, and top technologists.

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Love this! "Active patience puts the world on your side. If you go positive and go first, and you do so consistently, the world does a lot of the heavy lifting for you." A Tiny Thought in the @farnamstreet weekly newsletter fs.blog/brain-food/july-9-20…
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3. It's just too important to ignore.🤖 #AI "risk of #extinction" axios.com/newsletters/axios-… #axiosam

Axios AM - 🤖 AI "risk of extinction"

The single stark, haunting sentence above is the full text of a warning issued yesterday by some of the world's top AI pioneers, through the nonprofit Center for AI Safety (CAIS).

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Great job! He's got so much of this just right. We absolutely need to regulate this. #OpenAI’s Sam Altman Urges A.I. #regulation in Senate Hearing nytimes.com/2023/05/16/techn…

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Urges A.I. Regulation in Senate Hearing (Published 2023)

The tech executive and lawmakers agreed that new A.I. systems must be regulated. Just how that would happen is not yet clear.

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Russians boasted that just 1% of fake social profiles are caught, leak shows washingtonpost.com/technolog…

Russians boasted that just 1% of fake social profiles are caught, leak shows

An analysis of Russia’s effectiveness at boosting propaganda on social media platforms is part of a trove of documents recently leaked on the chat app Discord.

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The AI bot has picked an answer for you. Here’s how often it’s bad. washingtonpost.com/technolog…

Analysis | The AI bot has picked an answer for you. Here’s how often it’s bad.

The Post tested the reliability of Microsoft’s Bing AI chatbot by asking it 47 tough questions and then evaluating its sources.

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Great article by Friedman! Couldn't agree with him more. Enormous #changes to come! Our New Promethean Moment #AI #future #prisonersofourownperspectives nytimes.com/2023/03/21/opini…

Opinion | Our New Promethean Moment (Published 2023)

I just saw magic, and it’s the future.

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This is terrific! "Things you control: Your effort. Your beliefs. Your actions. Your attitude. ..." — Read the full list in the @farnamstreet newsletter: fs.blog/brain-food/march-19-…

Things You Control

Action creates progress. Progress creates momentum. Momentum creates motivation.

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Nations agree on ‘world-changing’ deal to protect ocean life washingtonpost.com/climate-e…

Nations agree on ‘world-changing’ deal to protect ocean life

The ocean deal will allow marine protected areas to be established on the high seas for the first time.

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As I just mentioned, some good some NOT. Microsoft’s AI chatbot is going off the rails washingtonpost.com/technolog…

Microsoft’s AI chatbot is going off the rails

Microsoft’s new AI chatbot is calling itself "Sydney" and acting unhinged. It learned from us.

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If you have not tried #chatgpt on another #AI platform, you should if for no other reason to understand the tsunami heading our way. This is going to impact #society in massive ways that haven't been thoroughly #imagined yet, some good, some not. #Colllinridgedilemma
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"I’ve always had the view that how successful you are is really a function of how you deal with failure. If you deal with failure well and you persist, you have a high probability of being successful." — Bill Ackman in Brain Food by @farnamstreet fs.blog/brain-food/february-…

Growing Old

Action creates progress. Progress creates momentum. Momentum creates motivation.

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