Overwhelmed with gratitude to be invited into the inaugural class of the @aspeninstitute Michael D. Eisner Arts & Culture Fellowship! Itโs such an illustrious group of artists - truly humbled and EXCITED to get to be a part of it ๐ฅน๐ฅฐ๐ค๐๐ผ
aspeninstitute.org/programs/โฆ
A long time ago, kings owned all the land, and serfs owned nothing. Today, content and data are becoming as valuable as land. And the lords of Silicon Valley don't want us owning our digital selves anymore than kings wanted serfs owning their land. I wrote an OpEd about it ๐
This may seem obvious but we have to try to stop seeing fellow Americans as enemies. Of course there are bad eggs but I mean seeing an entire party as an enemy, for example, is self-destructive.
I believe most people are fairly moderate, itโs just the algorithms amplify the extremes.
We canโt let the algorithms trick us into seeing each other through the very distorted lens of social media.
We need across the isle summer camps for adults or something. To learn to hang out a bit and humanize each other.
Or maybe magic mushroom retreats for moderates?
Imagine using your time to honor your mother, Yoko Ono โ who has devoted her entire life to peace, and who has been unfairly and relentlessly mocked and hated for over 50 years. Imagine!
I got to help lead the development and production of a new kinda class at @MasterClass โ our new series on GUT HEALTH will improve the lives of so many folks, moreso than anything I've ever made, I think. Check it out!
youtube.com/watch?v=FC1EvPAwโฆ
AI is going to change things faster and harder than our intuition can predict, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (@hitRECordJoe) writes in a guest opinion.
"Will those changes be for the better or worse?" wapo.st/3Dw8Qik
I wrote an OpEd in the @washingtonpost โ
wapo.st/43EIchH
Generative AI cannot generate anything at all without massive troves of training data. Who produces that data? People do.
And those people deserve compensation.
Thereโs absolutely no limit to this transformation. X will be the platform that can deliver, wellโฆ.everything. @elonmusk and I are looking forward to working with our teams and every single one of our partners to bring X to the world.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Supreme Courtโs decision on Friday siding with a web designer opposed to same-sex marriage was โprofoundly wrong.โ In a scathing dissent, Sotomayor said the ruling will โmark gays and lesbians for second-class status.โ nyti.ms/3NAH092
ALT A quote from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in her dissent to the Supreme Court ruling backing a Colorado web designer who opposed same-sex marriage, reads: โToday is a sad day in American constitutional law and in the lives of LGBT people.โ
Shocked & deeply sad.
Treat hired me to be his assistant after we met on the 2001 FOLLIES revivalโ
I was a *terrible* assist but Treat never had the heart to fire meโhe met my immaturity w sincere kindness, generosity, humor, love & positivity.
My heart โค๏ธbreaks for his family๐
Treat Williams, the star of Everwood and Hair, has died after being involved in a motorcycle accident. He was 71. The actor's death was confirmed to PEOPLE on Monday evening by his agent of 15 years, Barry McPherson. Read the full story: peoplem.ag/3J982Tv
When AI mathematically proves that homelessness, health care, housing, student loan and a host of other societal ills could be easily solved with the people at the very top paying a little more, thatโs when theyโll unplug it.