June 17, 2021

Things I liked this week (Week 24, 2021)

1. By Owen D. Pomery as seen on Airbnb
2. "a bunch of meticulously planned three-ring-binders at NASA beats a still non-existent HAL" - Dan Hon on conversational interfaces and the like
3. "I can't help but feel like gamified work is a bag of sand we’ve been left in place of the idol." - Jack Cheng
4. If the above is interesting to you, you may dig Ezra Klein's recent episodes on AI.
5. On to booze: "Compared with people who were served nonalcoholic drinks, the drinkers appeared significantly happier, according to a range of objective measures. Maybe more important, they vibed with one another in distinctive ways. They experienced what Sayette calls “golden moments,” smiling genuinely and simultaneously at one another. Their conversations flowed more easily, and their happiness appeared infectious. Alcohol, in other words, helped them enjoy one another more."
6. A used book store owner in my town wrote something about loss, books, travel, cicadas. I don't know why you would read it, but I know it will not show up in winning the internet's links. Take that data-driven content!
7. A tiny story about Fat Boy Slim.
8. Jobs for the City of Tomorrow.
9. Words that don't translate.
10. Missing data sets.
11. Chonky clud.

How is everyone doing? Good I hope.