March 26, 2023

Hit and Miss #290: Mockingbird

Hello!

Another weekend spent checking out cool places and visiting with friends. (I’ll stop vaguebooking in a week or two, I promise.) I heard a mockingbird this morning, which was super exciting. More on that another time, though—it’s time soon to head back out!

In the meantime, three links I found interesting in the last bit:

• Mandy Brown, responding to the hype around AI, by unpacking the idea of “intelligence”. As ever, a concise, provocative piece, that returns you (or, me, at least) to consider some core values.
• Interesting account—and argument for the merit—of trying to archive “householders” from Members of Parliament, the newsletters MPs can send using parliamentary (public) funds.
• Inflation is causing ice cream producers to reduce the size of their containers, which triggers taxation, as they’re now considered “single serving”. Gotta love (“love”) unintended consequences.

All the best for the week ahead!

Lucas