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…

Letters To Seneca – Letter 10 Dear Seneca, No matter if you’re an introvert or extrovert, social interactions matter. Research has proven this time and time again showing improvements in one’s overall contentment with life, health, and many other factors. In the past month, I’ve come to appreciate opportunities to interact with others in social…

Letters To Seneca – Letter 9 Dear Seneca, In previous letters, I’ve stated multiple times that I would like to change. Maybe I didn’t explicitly say the word “change”, but implicitly it’s easy to see the intent. During a conversation with my wife yesterday I made an interesting observation. Many of my thoughts are targeted…

Letters To Seneca – Letter 8 Dear Seneca,  In nutrition, it’s common to hear a nutritionist say “You are what you eat.”, it doesn’t take much effort to observe the truth in this statement.  But this should be extended further than simply food. I’ve experienced and believe that “you are what you consume” for all…

Letters To Seneca – Letter 7 Dear Seneca, I want you to envision a pendulum that’s swinging back and forth. When it swings in one direction you gain more of one attribute and less of the other. This sits at the core of a question I’ve pondered today. Let’s explore… One side with have ambition…

Letters To Seneca – Letter 6 Dear Seneca, “The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore, to use it, not to misuse it.” This is your quote, Seneca, there have been many inspirational people throughout life that have mentioned similar points. It all boils down to time being…

Letters To Seneca – Letter 5 Dear Seneca, Today I want to talk about boredom and how a plague of “dopamine sickness” has caused society to lose the presence and importance of boredom. For the past couple of years there has rarely been a time where I had nothing going on, let me explain. All…

D-Squared Musings – Week 23 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 💾 Emad Mostaque: These 5 Companies Will Win the AI War; Why We Need National…