Letters To Seneca – Letter 14 Dear Seneca, Expectations carry large amounts of burden, depending on how they’re wielded and where they’re pointed. Yesterday my wife and I had a deep conversation about the idea of expectations and how they can be harmful. Often we set expectations on ourselves to perform at a certain level…

Letters To Seneca – Letter 13 Dear Seneca, I started reading a book called “The Untethered Soul“. I’m two chapters in, and so much already resonates with the human condition. Today I want to explore our inner voice. Every moment there’s a voice in the back of our heads constantly narrating, defining, and judging the…

D-Squared Musings – Week 24 Inspired by “The Tao of Seneca”, I’ve decided to write 30 letters to Seneca as a daily writing and reflection practice. If you’re interested in following along, you can find all the letters here. Tech 🪫 The Fusion Race 🧑‍🏫 The Narrated Transformer Language Model ⚖️ Guanaco 65B: 99% ChatGPT…

Letters To Seneca – Letter 12 Dear Seneca, In life, we all have irrational fears. Some are afraid of flying, some are nuclear, and others fear pursuing the wrong career or relationship. The reason something is irrational depends on the context of where that fear sits, but I can think of two reasons for the…

Letters To Seneca – Letter 11 Dear Seneca, “Assuming positive intent doesn’t mean being naïve; it means choosing to see the best in people until proven otherwise.” – Simon Sinek In the world I live in today it’s easy to assume negative intent in the humans around us. This assumption comes from the constant bombardment…