One doesn’t simply get handed fast feedback loops off the bat.

They have to build one for themselves.

Start by copying and you end up with some new entirely.

I fell into a rabbit hole on Twitter.

I was scrolling and I found a footage of how the maker of prince of persia rotoscoped VHS recording of his younger brother into the game

mechanics.[^1]

I then found a link to a behind the Scenes sort of thing in retrospect[^2]

Your initial vision is just the first draft. You discover things along the way"

The designer Jordan kept a journal ( a log if you will) on every piece of inspiration or idea that he got from either media (or) just general feedback that his colleagues and friends gave while he was showing it to them.

Whenever you are faced with two choices, through two voices, ask youself, which one speaks towards the overall picture" ~ paraphrased version

Reference:

[^1]: Making of the 1989 video game "Prince of Persia". Designer Jordan Mechner used rotoscoping to animate the movements of the game's characters

[^2]: Excerpt from The making of Prince of Persia by Jordan Mechner | War Stories

Excerpts from Signal’s post in response to E.U.’s Chat Control Policy Proposal[^1]

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled

opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal.

Under the guise of protecting children, the latest Chat Control proposals would require mass scanning of every message, photo,

and video on a person’s device, assessing these via a government-mandated database or AI model to determine whether they are permissible content or not.

These proposals ignore the strategic importance of private communications, and the longstanding technical consensus that you cannot create a backdoor that only lets the “good guys” in.

Signal shares a research paper on the dangers of client side scanning[^2]

we were given a choice between building a surveillance machine into Signal or leaving the

market, we would leave the market.

We urge Germany to be wise and to stand firm in its principles. We cannot let history repeat itself, this

time with bigger databases and much much more sensitive data.

References:

[^1]: For a future with privacy, post by Signal

[^2]: Bugs in our Pockets: The Risks of Client-Side Scanning

The type of person to make the jump without the rope.

Veritasium posted another all timer on their channel called "Something Strange Happens When You Trace How Connected We Are"[^1]

This piece helps answer some questions I've been pondering about for a while now. Really well made video.

👏 Kudos to Derek and the entire team!

Now, I need to go deeper into Network Sociology and Emergent Behaviours to get my answers.

References:

[^1]: The full video available on Youtube

How you write, should it affect how you think?

Sometimes I say things so profound that people that it’s stupid.

And sometimes I say things so stupid that people thinks it’s profound.

reference: https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1971120497267180008/

Getting fit isn’t rocket science but the execution requires rocket science level of determination and mindset:

1. 500-800 calories deficit

2. Minimum 150g protein

3. Lift full body 3x / week

4. 10K step a day, non-negotiable

That's what we do inside our crew.

source on x dot com

biggest hurdle is a significant dependency on motivation and dependency is tech-debt.

I think technology has transformed humans to edge nodes unintentionally (Nth Order Effect)