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Editor's Note, by Art Middlekauff Felix Hope was a writer whose fascinating articles appeared in The Church Quarterly Review, The Parents' Review, and other vintage periodicals. His contributions to The Parents' Review spanned the years 1924 to 1931 and included such interesting titles as “Some Thoughts on Reading Old Books.” His articles from 1924 dealt … The post Readers and Critics first appeared on Charlotte Mason Poetry.

Is there a Biblical Precedent for Open Borders? Is it even a Bible Subject? Some Thoughts.

Experience-sharing articles from the Minghui website. Original Articles:1. Practitioners Should Look Inward Regarding the Attacks on Shen Yun2. Reflecting on What Caused My Life-and-Death Tribulation3. Some Thoughts on the Communist Party's Newest Campaign to Attack Master To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

The digitization and literal disembodiment of every sphere of human reality advances with terrifying rapidity—from the Social Security system to the New York subway system. Rather than dropping swipe-cards and bringing back tokens, returning to what was a manifestly superior and more rational system, New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority moves to a still more dystopian "contactless" credit system. Similarly, rather than phasing out automobiles, our corporate overlords are now imposing driverless cars, a further step toward making the human race redundant altogether and portending the ultimate abolition of humanity. In Episode 270 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg continues his Spring ritual of reading the George Orwell essay "Some Thoughts on the Common Toad"—which brilliantly critiqued technological hypertophy, and articulated an imperative for humanistic revolution and scaleback of the mega-machine way back in April 1946. Listen on SoundCloud or via Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/countervortex Production by Chris Rywalt We ask listeners to donate just $1 per weekly podcast via Patreon -- or $2 for our new special offer! We now have 68 subscribers. If you appreciate our work, please become Number 69!

La primera se refiere a una escuela de especulación intelectual surgida en el último cuarto del siglo XX en el Reino Unido, y propone obras disonantes y atonales, densas y abstractas. La segunda recupera, a partir de la llegada del minimalismo, elementos tonales olvidados._____Has escuchadoDistentio (1992) / Walter Zimmermann. Ensemble Recherche. Mode (2002)Et lux (2009) / Wolfgang Rihm. Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel, director; Minguet Quartett, cuarteto de cuerda. ECM (2015)Funérailles I (1969-1977) / Brian Ferneyhough. Arditti Quartet; Ensemble Recherche; Virginie Tarrête, arpa. Stradivarius (2005)Time and Motion Study I (1971-77) / Brian Ferneyhough. Carl Rosman, clarinete bajo. Etcétera (1998)_____Selección bibliográficaÁLVAREZ FERNÁNDEZ, Miguel, “Disonancia y emancipación: comodidad en/de algunas estéticas musicales del siglo XX”. Espacio Sonoro, n.º 4: [PDF]BALIK, Jessica, “Romantic Subjectivity and West German Politics in Wolfgang Rihm's Jakob Lenz”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 47, n.º 2 (2009), pp. 228-248*BONS, Joël, “Entretien avec Brian Ferneyhough”. En: Musique en création. Contrechamps Editions, 1997*COURTOT, Francis, Brian Ferneyhough: figures et dialogues. L'Harmattan, 2009*DELIÈGE, Célestin, Cinquante ans de modernité musicale: de Darmstadt à l'IRCAM. Contribution historiographique à une musicologie critique. Mardaga, 2003*DUNCAN, Stuart Paul, “Re-Complexifying the Function(s) of Notation in the Music of Brian Ferneyhough and the ‘New Complexity'”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 48, n.º 1 (2010), pp. 136-172*FERNÁNDEZ, Isaac D. G., “Los retornos en la música contemporánea”. Sinfonía Virtual: Revista de Música Clásica y Reflexión Musical, n.º 8 (2008), consultada el 21 de junio de 2023: [Web]FERNEYHOUGH, Bryan, “Form-Figure-Style: An Intermediate Assessment”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 31, n.º 1 (1993), pp. 32-40*FISK, Josiah, “The New Simplicity: The Music of Górecki, Tavener and Pärt”. The Hudson Review, vol. 47, n.º 3 (1994), pp. 394-412*FOX, Christopher, “Walter Zimmermann's Vom Nutzen Des Lassens”. Tempo, n.º 154 (1985), pp. 49-50*HARVEY, Jonathan, “Brian Ferneyhough”. The Musical Times, vol. 120, n.º 1639 (1979), pp. 723-728*HERNÁNDEZ CRISTANCHO, Diego A., Una composición elaborada a partir del concepto de sintaxis musical de la nueva complejidad. Tesis de grado, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, 2015, consultada el 21 de junio de 2023: [Web]HOWARD, Luke B., “Motherhood, ‘Billboard,' and the Holocaust: Perceptions and Receptions of Górecki's Symphony No. 3”. The Musical Quarterly, vol. 82, n.º 1 (1998), pp. 131-159*THEOCHAROUS, Georgios, “Not Too Violent: The Fall of Notation in Michael Finnissy's Autumnall for Solo Piano”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 52, n.º 1 (2014), pp. 4-27*TOOP, Richard, “On Complexity”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 31, n.º 1 (1993), pp. 42-57*TRUAX, Barry, “The Inner and Outer Complexity of Music”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 32, n.º 1 (1994), pp. 176-193*ULMAN, Erik, “Some Thoughts on the New Complexity”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 32, n.º 1 (1994), pp. 202-206*WARNABY, John, “Wolfgang Rihm's Recent Music”. Tempo, n.º 213 (2000), pp. 12-19*WILLIAMS, Alastair, “Swaying with Schumann: Subjectivity and Tradition in Wolfgang Rihm's ‘Fremde Szenen' I-III and Related Scores”. Music & Letters, vol. 87, n.º 3 (2006), pp. 379-397* *Documento disponible para su consulta en la Sala de Nuevas Músicas de la Biblioteca y Centro de Apoyo a la Investigación de la Fundación Juan March

Nicole Daedone is an American author, entrepreneur, and advocate best known for popularizing Orgasmic Meditation (OM), a mindfulness practice combining meditation and physical connection. She is the founder of OneTaste, a company that taught OM as a pathway to deeper intimacy and personal transformation. Daedone also authored Slow Sex: The Art and Craft of the Female Orgasm, which explores her philosophy of mindfulness and connection in relationships.OneTaste gained widespread attention for its unique approach to sexual wellness, praised for innovation but also criticized for alleged high-pressure sales tactics and cult-like dynamics. In recent years, Daedone and OneTaste have faced serious allegations, including accusations of human trafficking, labor exploitation, and creating a coercive environment for participants and employees. In 2023, Daedone and a former executive were indicted on charges related to forced labor, which they have denied.Beyond her work with OneTaste, Daedone has explored broader spiritual themes, including conducting workshops on “cancelling as a spiritual practice.” These workshops reportedly focused on addressing societal judgments and exploring the dynamics of public shaming and social exclusion. Her framing of cancellation as a spiritual inquiry has been both lauded for its boldness and criticized for its potential to deflect accountability.Daedone remains a polarizing figure, with a legacy marked by innovative contributions to discussions on intimacy and sexuality, alongside ongoing scrutiny over her methods and the ethical implications of her practices.https://www.instagram.com/nicoledaedone/Some Thoughts on Cancel CultureThe harms of cancel culture can be significant, particularly when it is applied in ways that prioritize public shaming or social exclusion over dialogue and accountability. Here are some key concerns often raised:1. Erosion of NuanceCancel culture often thrives in environments like social media, where complex issues are reduced to soundbites or hashtags. This can lead to oversimplified narratives that fail to capture the context or intent behind someone's actions or words.2. Chilling Effects on Free ExpressionThe fear of being "cancelled" can discourage individuals from expressing opinions, even in good faith, or from engaging in meaningful conversations about controversial topics. This can stifle intellectual and cultural progress.3. Lack of Due ProcessIn many cases, accusations and judgments are made in the court of public opinion rather than through established processes. This can lead to disproportionate consequences, especially when individuals are denied the opportunity to explain or defend themselves.4. Impact on Mental HealthBeing publicly "cancelled" can result in severe emotional and psychological distress for the individual targeted. It may also have financial and professional repercussions, contributing to a sense of isolation and despair.5. Risk of Mob MentalityCancel culture can sometimes foster mob behavior, where collective outrage escalates without critical examination. This may amplify harm and encourage performative, rather than meaningful, activism.6. Undermining RedemptionA culture of cancellation often leaves little room for growth, learning, or redemption. When individuals are permanently ostracized, it can discourage them—and others—from engaging in restorative or educational efforts.7. Collateral DamageCancellations can affect not only the targeted individuals but also their families, colleagues, and communities. Entire organizations or movements can suffer when a single individual's actions lead to broad-based condemnations.8. Misuse as a Tool of...

In this special bonus episode, I welcome Joe Shearer back to the show to talk about the movies he and I have been watching in preparation for the Indiana Film Journalists Association's year-end awards.   Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Introducing Joe - 01:37 About the IFJA - 03:57 FYC Potpourri Joe: Saturday Night - 10:50 Matt: The People's Joker - 15:09 Joe: The Apprentice - 26:10 Matt: A Different Man - 36:42 Joe: Skincare - 47:07 Matt: I Like Movies - 52:56 Joe: Wicked Little Letters - 1:06:24 Matt: The Brutalist - 1:13:19 Some Thoughts on the Year - 1:26:50 Joe: Heretic - 1:32:05  Closing the Ep - 1:38:44 Patreon Clip - 1:41:49   Related Links Start Your Podcast with Libsyn Using Promo Code OBSESS Support Allie's Fight Against Leukemia Nominations Announced for the 2024 Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards Joe's Letterboxd Joe's Writing on Midwest Film Journal Indianapolis Theaters Alamo Drafthouse Indy Obsessive Viewer - Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis Preview Kan-Kan  Living Room Theaters Keystone Art  Flix Brewhouse   My 2024 Podcast and Writing Archive One Year of Criterion Channel - Dec 24, 2023 - Dec 23, 2024 Movies I Own But Haven't Watched/Rated Yet   Support Us on Patreon for Exclusive Content Official OV Merch  Obsessive Viewer Obsessive Viewer Presents: Anthology Obsessive Viewer Presents: Tower Junkies As Good As It Gets - Linktree   Follow Us on Social Media My Letterboxd | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter/X Instagram | Threads | Bluesky | TikTok | Tiny's Letterboxd   Mic Info Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.4.4) Joe: Tonor USB Microphone via Google Meet   Episode Homepage: ObsessiveViewer.com/OV456   Next Time on the Podcast OV457 - A Complete Unknown (2024) & Y2K (2024)  

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In a first for the podcast, the boys decide to review a part of the Bangkok Podcast website - the relatively new for Season 4 ‘Resources' section. A few weeks back we posted a page called ‘Some Thoughts on Thai Culture,' and it elicited some responses from friends of the podcast, so we decided to dig into it. We don't want to rehash what's already there, so if you haven't read it yet, mosey on over and check it out. In brief, the page lists 5 key characteristics of Thai culture: 1) Respect for authority; 2) Being indirect; 3) High context; 4) Fitting in; and 5) No problems. Greg and Ed discuss each, trying to find exceptions and bring some nuance to the characteristics.  At the end, Ed brings up an ‘honorable mention': an important characteristic that didn't quite make the top five: Thais also are particularly concerned about appearing proper in public, but in private are no more conservative than most Westerners.  Of course, these are just our opinions and observations - we'd love to hear thoughts, feedback, or dissenting opinions. Listen in for the details! As always, the podcast will continue to be 100% funded by listeners just like you who get some special swag from us. And we'll keep our Facebook, Twitter, and LINE accounts active so you can send us comments, questions, or whatever you want to share.

On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, we'll revisit a couple of Kyle's articles from the 2016 (S)election Cycle to refresh ourselves on just how little things have changed in the servile society… And to reiterate how if one truly wants to “save the world”, they must save themselves first.… The post TVP #226: This Politician Loves Me! [Some Thoughts on Political Crusading] appeared first on The Vonu Podcast.

Alice McDermott is the author of nine novels, all published by FSG, including Charming Billy (winner of the National Book Award), That Night, As Weddings and Wakes, and After This (which were finalists for the Pulitzer). She is also the author of the essay collection What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction. Her most recent novel, now out in paperback, is Absolution. She joins Marrie Stone to talk about it, her door into the Vietnam War, and many of the lessons she applies to her own work which appear in What About the Baby? For more information on Writers on Writing and extra writing perks, visit our Patreon page. To listen to past interviews, visit our website. Support the show by buying books at our bookstore on bookshop.org. We've stocked it with titles from our guests, as well as some of our personal favorites. You support independent bookstores and our show when you purchase books through the store. And on Spotify, you'll find to an album's worth of typewriter music like what you hear on the show. Look for the artist, Just My Type. Email the show at writersonwritingpodcast@gmail.com. We love to hear from our listeners. (Recorded on October 23, 2024) Host: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Host: Marrie Stone Music and sound editing: Travis Barrett (Stream his music on Spotify, Apple Music, Etc.)

An Invitation to a Scheme, Some Thoughts on Lemonade, Wash Trading, The Ultimate Plan, A Special Little Cat. Some charlatans tried to get me to enter into a scheme around the memory of Sockington. This is about to go very not-well for them, but I wanted to share my thoughts on it before going full firestorm. All Hail Sockington.

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Some Thoughts on Castor and Pollux.

 When we talk about our employees it is common to talk about "setting up staff for success", but what does that really look like. Talking about it can sometimes wrongly convince us that we are actually doing it.   On today's Shift Break we will be talking about what it looks like to set your staff up for success in very practical terms that, if applied, will transform the relationship to one of trust based on evidence in action, not just talk. Recommended episodes: 248 : The 5 Elements of Resourcing your Team 453 : The Craft of Operations 425 : Some Thoughts on Supporting Your Manager If you are a cafe owner and want to work one on one with me to bring your shop to its next level and help bring you joy and freedom in the process then email chris@keystothshop.com of book a free call now:  https://calendly.com/chrisdeferio/30min Key Holder Coaching Group Applications are Open! APPLY TODAY!   If you are a cafe owner and want to work one on one with me to bring your shop to its next level and help bring you joy and freedom in the process then email chris@keystothshop.com of book a free call now:  https://calendly.com/chrisdeferio/30min    Thank you to out sponsors! Everything you need for back of the house operations https://rattleware.qualitybystainless.com/   The best and most revered espresso machines on the planet: www.lamarzoccousa.com      

Join Car and Keyan to discuss Stacker News' top posts of the week, Car & Keyan's favorite posts of the week, and top stackers for the week of June 21st, 2024.Follow the conversation of the episode on SN.Time Stamps:02:24 - My project got hacked and user funds were stolen29:11 - PlebDevs Beginner Backend Series32:36 - Doom is not a strategy41:19 - Bitcoin Circular Economy - a hard to achieve goal for many people46:44 - Ecash on Bitcoin Educational Resources48:17 - Long-Term Support For Calle50:02 - Ramifications Of A Samourai Plea Bargain57:14 - What are your thoughts on Bitcoin losing the Darknet59:26 - DoS Disclosure: LND Onion Bomb1:02:29 - Lugano Trip Report1:03:32 - Ideas and Implementations of Bounties1:06:06 - Ego Death Capital?1:08:12 - Some Thoughts on My Failed SN Recruitment EffortShoutout @Wumbo for time stamps. Zap em!We love the Fountain app for Lightning 2.0 podcasting, Send us a Boost, and we will read it on the next SNL.Find Car on NostrFollow Car on SNRead Thriller BitcoinFollow Thriller on NostrFollow Thriller on Zap.StreamFollow Thriller on YouTubeContribute to ~buildersLearn more about PlebLabFollow Keyan on TwitterFollow Keyan on NostrFollow Keyan on SNFollow Stacker News on NostrLearn more about Stacker News

As we start to gear up for the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle later this year, this week's interview is the latest episode in a special series of the Resoundingly Human podcast, recorded in person at the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix. For this episode I am absolute delighted to be joined by Jeff Camm with Wake Forest University. Jeff is delivering the Omega-Rho Lecture: Reflections on the Profession of Operations Research and Some Thoughts on its Future and he is joining me today to share a special behind the scenes look at his presentation.

Most widely recognized for his paintings that rigorously combine spray paint, stenciled geometric forms, and brushstrokes, the Brooklyn-based artist Adam Pendleton is also known for his “Black Dada” framework, an ever-evolving philosophy that investigates various relationships between Blackness, abstraction, and the avant-garde. Many will recognize Pendleton's work from “Who Is Queen?,” his 2021 solo exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art, which he has said was his way of “trying to overwhelm the museum.” This is a natural position for him: His works in and of themselves are often overwhelming. At once political and spiritual, they provoke deep introspection and consideration, practically demanding viewers to look, and then look again.On this episode, he discusses the elusive, multifarious nature of “Black Dada”; “An Abstraction,” his upcoming exhibition at Pace Gallery in New York (on view from May 3–August 16); painting as a kind of technology; and why, for him, jazz is indefinable.Special thanks to our Season 9 presenting sponsor, L'École, School of Jewelry Arts.Show notes:Adam Pendleton[05:00] Joan Retallack[05:00] Pasts, Futures, and Aftermaths[05:22] “Becoming Imperceptible”[07:41] Ishmael Houston-Jones[07:41] Joan Jonas[07:41] Lorraine O'Grady[07:41] Yvonne Rainer[07:41] Jack Halberstam[14:26] Fred Moten[05:22] “Who Is Queen?”[23:50] Hugo Ball's Dada Manifesto[23:50] Amiri Baraka's “Black Dada Nihilismus”[31:14] Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum[31:14] “System of Display”[31:14] “Reading Dante”[34:40] “Adam Pendleton” at Pace Gallery[34:40] “An Abstraction” at Pace Gallery[34:40] Arlene Shechet[34:40] “Adam Pendleton x Arlene Shechet”[40:30] “Blackness, White, and Light” at MUMOK[45:07] “Twenty-One Love Poems” by Audrienne Rich[50:40] “Occupy Time” by Jason Adams[56:04] “What It Is I Think I'm Doing Anyhow” by Toni Cade Bambara[57:13] “Some Thoughts on a Constellation of Things Seen and Felt” by Adrienne Edwards

In Episode 221 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg continues the Spring ritual from his old WBAI program, the Moorish Orthodox Radio Crusade (which he lost due to his political dissent), of reading the George Orwell essay "Some Thoughts on the Common Toad"—which brilliantly predicted ecological politics when it was published way back in April 1946. The Social Ecology of Murray Bookchin today informs a radical response to the global climate crisis, emphasizing self-organized action at the local and municipal levels as world leaders dither, proffer techno-fix solutions, or consciously obstruct progress. Listen on SoundCloud or via Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/countervortex Production by Chris Rywalt We ask listeners to donate just $1 per weekly podcast via Patreon -- or $2 for our new special offer! We now have 57 subscribers. If you appreciate our work, please become Number 58!

Join Brian, and dive into more of the best of VonuLife/VonuLinc! Articles include: Please enjoy, and keep a lookout for the ENTIRE COLLECTION of VonuLife, issues 1-17! And in the meantime, pick up a copy of VonuLife, March 1973! A SOLAR SAUNA I have recently built a solar heated structure… The post TVP #203: Some Time in the Sun with VonuLife, The Okanagan Wilderness School, & Some Thoughts on Vonu appeared first on The Vonu Podcast.

This week on TLDR: The restaurant chain Wendy's announced a plan to introduce "dynamic pricing" but quickly punted on the idea after the internet had Some Thoughts. We also find out how Stripe -- the privately held e-payments processor -- turned a niche product into a US$65 billion business. Plus, Canada's favourite pipeline, and why many companies want to end work-from-home for good. This episode was hosted by Devin Friedman, business reporter Sarah Rieger, financial educator Kyla Scanlon and former hedge funder Matthew Karasz. Follow us on other platforms, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter: linkin.bio/tldrThe TLDR Podcast is offered by Wealthsimple Media Inc. and is for informational purposes only. The content in the TLDR Podcast is not investment advice, a recommendation to buy or sell assets or securities, and does not represent the views of Wealthsimple Financial Corp or any of its other subsidiaries or affiliates. Wealthsimple Media Inc. does not endorse any third-party views referenced in this content. More information at wealthsimple.com/tldr.

Can you have too much of a good thing? When it comes to managers and bosses in the coffee shop the answer is a resounding and exasperated YES! Why do we do needlessly multiply leaders in the shop like Oprah giving our free cars and as a result frustrate our staff and the leaders themselves? Today on Shift break we will be talking about the issue of having too many leaders and managers in the shop, why it is a problem,  and what a healthy approach to delegating leadership looks like.  Listen to these related episodes: SHIFT BREAK: Questions Are Not Threats SHIFT BREAK: Your Manager Has No Time To Manage! Being the Point of Clarity 425 : Some Thoughts on Supporting Your Manager 261 : The Basics of Managing Managers Do You Need to be the Best Barista in Your Cafe? DO YOU NEED HELP IN YOUR SHOP? In my consulting work through KTTS Consulting, management and leadership structures are one of the main conversations we have. Working to create clarity, understanding, and systems for success in leadership has a compound effect on the rest of the business. Would you like to work with me 1:1 to help your cafe thrive in quality, operations, and people?  Click below for a discovery call and lets have a conversation!  https://calendly.com/chrisdeferio/30min Thank you to out sponsors! Custom branded apps for your coffee shop: www.espressly.co   The best and most revered espresso machines on the planet: www.lamarzoccousa.com    

Here in north Alabama, we recently spent a week largely confined to our homes, due to a winter storm dropping several inches of sleet in 20 degree weather. This closed schools, work, and churches. In today’s broadcast, Ben Winslett emphasizes, first of all, that we know not what a day may bring. As a result, … Continue reading "Some Thoughts from the Storm"

Episode 148. Some Thoughts on Some Shit. Back at it from FYA 2024. Had a blast, got some thoughts and put it on tape. Got some interviews coming out and less blathering. Opening Track of Episode Discontent " DFTL" off S/T release on TakeDown Records www.takedownrecs.bandcamp.com/album/discontent

We have all experienced the existential dread around the 48 hours prior to a command performance: bubble-guts, lack of ability to focus or relax, the feeling that wish the race would not happen or there would be a cancellation so you don't have to go through the actual suffering you know is going to be served. In this episode, Michael & I explore this space in some details. We get meta & highly practical. Typical of how we've been rolling in these last few episodes. Because it may be of interest, since I mention my recent episode of Running on Purpose, where I provide  what I hope is a helpful road map for skillfully operating- in training & racing - with the contents of your body, mind & soul. you can find links to the episode & worksheet below. So please enjoy the episode we are calling Some Thoughts on Mental Training. Godspeed, my friends, godspeed. THE MISSION PROTOCOLTHE MISSION PROTOCOL DOCUMENT

When we think of the craft of coffee we tend to think only in terms of the bean and beverage itself. The whole value chain of coffee has benefited greatly from continued emphasis on transparency and today we have the ability to track down almost every detail and variable of a coffee to accurately determine what went into the resulting cup. But what about systems and operations that lead to that cup in your customers hand?  If a coffee tastes off, we strive to investigate, diagnose, and adjust.  When we run out of an item, have abad service encounter, can't keep the cafe clean, have inconsistency between staff etc. everything is suddenly opaque. This is a failure to invest in operations as an equally important craft and it is killing your cafe.  Today we are going to be talking about how, if you are a coffee shop operator, then operations has to be your craft, and what steps you can take to begin being just as good at dialing in the cafe as you are at dialing in a coffee.  Related episodes:  248 : The 5 Elements of Resourcing your Team 425 : Some Thoughts on Supporting Your Manager 424: Developing Menu and Hospitality Guides

Our Sunday Morning Lesson From December 10th. Some Thoughts, Looking Only At Romans, On How We Are To Change To Reflect The Image Of Jesus Christ.

Alice McDermott is the author of nine novels, including Charming Billy, winner of the National Book Award, and That Night, At Weddings and Wakes, and After This, which were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She is also the author of the essay collection What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and other publications. She lives outside Washington, DC. Her new novel is called Absolution. We talked about voice, epistolary influence, focusing on women's stories, retrospective narrators, the idea of absolution, and Vietnam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In conversation with Nomi Eve ''Filled with so much universal experience, such haunting imagery, such urgent matters of life and death'' (The New York Times), Alice McDermott's bestselling novels include Someone; Charming Billy, winner of the 1998 National Book Award; That Night; At Weddings and Wakes; and After This, all of which were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She is also the author of What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction, a collection of essays inspired from a lifetime of reading, writing, and teaching literature. For more than 20 years, McDermott was the Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University and on the Sewanee Writers Conference faculty. She has contributed writing to The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and The New York Times, among many other periodicals. A meditative novel about grace, sacrifice, and forgiveness, Absolution is a decades-spanning account of two women's peripheral experience with the Vietnam War and its permanent consequences. The director of the creative writing MFA program at Drexel University, Nomi Eve is the author of the novels Henna House and the National Jewish Book Award-nominated The Family Orchard. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Conjunctions, and Glimmer Train, and she has published book reviews in The Village Voice and Newsday.  Because you love Author Events, please make a donation to keep our podcasts free for everyone. THANK YOU! (recorded 11/7/2023)

Alice McDermott has written one of THE great novels of 2023. Absolution is so many things…a portrait of diplomatic wives carving out lives for themselves in Saigon before the start of the war, a moralistic novel about the dangers of colonialism and good intentions, the story of the complex relationships women have with motherhood, and with each other. Why did she write it? And what has convinced so many that it's going to be a Pulitzer finalist this year? Tune in and find out. Our bookstore this week comes from one of our beloved listeners-The Lost Bookshop in Delhi, NY. Join us, and keep sending in suggestions! Books mentioned in this week's episode: Absolution by Alice McDermott Charming Billy by Alice McDermott Someone by Alice McDermott The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott That Night by Alice McDermott At Weddings and Wakes by Alice McDermott A Bigamist's Daughter by Alice McDermott After This by Alice McDermott What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction by Alice McDermott The Quiet American by Graham Greene This is Happiness by Niall Williams The Holy Bible Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Art of Seeing Things by John Burroughs A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new MP3 sermon from Grace Fellowship Manchester is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Some Thoughts on Church Leadership Subtitle: Topical Sermon Speaker: Tim Conway Broadcaster: Grace Fellowship Manchester Event: Sunday Service Date: 9/24/2023 Length: 72 min.

Length of the article: 2 pagesLength of the audio: 6 minutes 48 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 2-page article I published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 9/3/23, entitled: Some Thoughts on Rabbi Moskowitz's Unveiling. I was unable to attend the Hakamas Matzeivah (Unveiling) of my rebbi, Rabbi Morton Moskowitz zt"l, but here are my personal thoughts on the inscription and the timing of the event in my own life. -----The Torah Content for the month of Elul has been sponsored anonymously in loving memory of Henya bas Tzirel - a mother who cared deeply about her children's engagement with Judaism.-----If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweissYouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweissInstagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.comOld Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0HAmazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel

Jonathan Sams is a Navy veteran, attorney, gentleman farmer, husband, and father of four. Throughout his life, Jonathan has been diagnosed with cancer three times—at age 14, at age 39, and most recently at age 55 in May 2022. His outlook on life and how he approaches his battle with cancer is admirable and encouraging.  In this episode of The Next Level, we discuss:  Jonathan's first battle with cancer as a young teenager, his second battle at age 39, and how they differed His mentality when approaching the battle against the disease How Jonathan approached receiving his third cancer diagnosis Jonathan's list of “Some Thoughts” that speak to fearlessness, blessings, facing adversity, vulnerability, gratitude, living to your full potential, and more The advice Jonathan would give to someone who has recently received a cancer diagnosis How Jonathan approaches being an encourager to those around him  Note: This episode was recorded in September 2022.  

Ben Feder is an investor and games executive, currently managing partner at TIRTA Ventures. He is also the author of the book Take Off Your Shoes: One Man's Journey from the Boardroom to Bali and Back. Ben formerly served as the CEO of Take-Two Interactive and was President of International Partnerships for North America at Tencent Games.Ben talks to Guy about his early career in the media industry, the time he was part of the successful takeover of Take-Two Interactive, and his newly launched venture capital firm TIRTA. Some other topics include video games, artificial intelligence, and the world of streaming. Full transcript available here: https://aqfd.docsend.com/view/vst3ch75vk2n2sdv Contents:(00:00:00) Introduction (00:02:19) The Start of a Successful Career (00:08:13) Choosing Between Business School and a Ph.D. (00:11:36) How to Be a Good Leader (00:18:36) The Takeover of Take-Two Interactive (00:26:23) Streamers vs. Owners of Content (00:29:41) Should Authors Self-Publish? (00:38:00) The World of Video Games (00:47:13) Artificial Intelligence as a Productivity Tool (00:55:02) TIRTA's Place in the Venture Capital Space (00:59:59) Some Thoughts on Psychotherapy (01:03:47) Jewish Identity and Interconnectedness 

The writer and biographer D.J. Taylor on the rich, complicated and too-short life of one of the 20th century's greatest writers, George Orwell. Almost 75 years after his death we discuss why the author of 1984 matters as much, if not more, than ever. Includes an excerpt of Orwell's "Some Thoughts on the Common Today," read for Shelf Life by Tilda Swinton.

Episode #10. All Apple privacy & security updates from WWDC 2023 and more! As well as some BTS on our recent Synology review, and how we're managing our forum.Join our ForumJonah's New ChannelOur Patreon—Timestamps:00:00 Welcome to TT1000:38 Apple's WWDC 202301:04 Safari's New Privacy Protections01:24 iOS/iPadOS Photo Permission Revamp?02:28 Communication Safety Scanning06:28 Passkey Sharing via iCloud Keychain09:24 Lockdown Mode Improvements12:16 Safari Profiles & WEB APPS!20:10 Some Thoughts on Apple Vision Pro29:00 Apple Dropping Device Support Early32:46 Techlore Synology Review Behind-The-Scenes39:30 Our Recent Forum Push50:32 Jonah's New Channel!—Techlore Talks:Video PlaylistRSS Feed—Techlore Links:HomepageTechlore ForumGo Incognito CourseSupport Techlore! Get full access to Techlore Dispatch at dispatch.techlore.tech/subscribe

Episode eighty-nine,  Some Thoughts on Love.From darkness to light, just a little each day, consciousness can be changed.Embracing Bliss shows us how.Order the book here:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Embracing-Bliss-108-Daily-Meditations-ebook/dp/B09SN8KJ3MFind Jeff here: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jeffkobermeditation/Website - https://jeff-kober.com/

Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga was a samurai who led a diplomatic delegation to New Spain, Spain and Rome in the 17th century. But many of the Japanese records about their mission were lost or destroyed after they returned. Research: Carl, Katy. “Aiming for Japan and Getting Heaven Thrown In.” Genealogies of Modernity. 12/2/2020. https://genealogiesofmodernity.org/journal/2020/11/25/scales-of-value-shusaku-endos-the-samurai Christensen, Thomas. “1616: The World in Motion.” Counterpoint. 2012. https://archive.org/details/1616worldinmotio0000chri/ Corradini, Piero. “Some Problems concerning Hasekura Tsunenaga's Embassy to the Pope." From Rethinking Japan Vol. 2. Routledge. 1995. Frederic, Louis. “Japan Encyclopedia.” Translated by Käthe Roth. 2002. https://archive.org/details/japanencyclopedi0000loui/mode/1up Fujikawa, Mayu. “Pope Paul V's global design.” Renaissance Studies, APRIL 2016, Vol. 30, No. 2 (APRIL 2016). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/26618847 Gessel, Van C. “Historical Background.” From The Samurai by Shusaku Endo. Gutierrez, Ed. “Samurai in Spain.” Japan Quarterly, Jan. 1, 2000. Jones, Josh. “The 17th Century Japanese Samurai Who Sailed to Europe, Met the Pope & Became a Roman Citizen.” Open Culture. 11/29/2021. https://www.openculture.com/2021/11/the-17th-century-japanese-samurai-who-sailed-to-europe-met-the-pope-became-a-roman-citizen.html Kamens, Edward. “'The Tale of Genji' and ‘Yashima' Screens in Local and Global Contexts.” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin , 2007, Japanese Art at Yale (2007). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40514681 KCP International. “Hasekura Tsunenaga and his Travels.” KCP International Japanese Language School. 9/6/2017. https://www.kcpinternational.com/2017/09/hasekura-tsunenaga-and-his-travels/ Lee, Christina H. “The Perception of the Japanese in Early Modern Spain: Not Quite ‘The Best People Yet Discovered'.” eHumanista: Volume 11, 2008. Massarella, Derek. “The Japanese Embassy to Europe (1582–1590).” The Japanese Embassy to Europe (1582–1590). February 2013. https://www.hakluyt.com/downloadable_files/Journal/Massarella.pdf Mathes, W. Michael. “A Quarter Century of Trans-Pacific Diplomacy: New Spain and Japan, 1592-1617.” Journal of Asian History , 1990, Vol. 24, No. 1 (1990). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41925377 Musillo, Marco. “The Borghese papacy's reception of a samurai delegation and its fresco image at Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome.” From Western visions of the Far East in a transpacific age, 1522-1657. Ashgate, 2012. Pasciuto, Greg. “Hasekura Tsunenaga: The Adventures of a Christian Samurai.” The Collector. 12/7/2022. https://www.thecollector.com/hasekura-tsunenaga-christian-samurai/ Sanabrais, Sofia. “'Spaniards of Asia': The Japanese Presence in Colonial Mexico.” Bulletin of Portuguese Japanese Studies. 2009, 18/19. https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/361/36129851009.pdf Shigemi, Inaga. “Japanese Encounters with Latin America and Iberian Catholicism (1549–1973): Some Thoughts on Language, Imperialism, Identity Formation, and Comparative Research.” The Comparatist, Vol. 32 (MAY 2008). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/26237176 Strusiewicz, Cezary Jan. “The Samurai Who Met the Pope.” Tokyo Weekender. 4/26/2021. https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/japanese-culture/the-samurai-who-met-the-pope/ Theroux, Marcel. “The samurai who charmed the courts of Europe.” The Guardian. 6/7/2020. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/jun/07/hasekura-rokuemon-tsunenaga-japan-samurai-charmed-courts-europe Tucci, Giuseppe. “Japanese Ambassadors as Roman Patricians.” East and West , JULY 1951, Vol. 2, No. 2. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/29757935 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s the most wonderful tiiiiime of the yeeeeear! We take a break from our hiatus to bring you our annual recap of the Eurovision Song Contest. Julia and Lauren have Some Thoughts about this year’s entrants, and we hope you do too. Later, enjoy some questions from “I Wrote a Quiz (Postcards from the Edge).” . . . [Music: 1) Frau Holle, “Ascending Souls,” 2017. Courtesy of Frau Holle, CC BY-NC 3.0 license.]

On Today's Show: Prayers from the 2019 Book of Common Prayer  2019 Book of Common Prayer downloadable here - https://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/  Reading from Daily Readings From the Life of Christ by John MacArthur Monday Meanderings! Some Thoughts...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Some Thoughts on Virtue Ethics for AIs, published by peligrietzer on May 2, 2023 on LessWrong. This post argues for the desirability and plausibility of AI agents whose values have a structure I call ‘praxis-based.' The idea draws on various aspects of virtue ethics, and basically amounts to an RL-flavored take on that philosophical tradition. Praxis-based values as I define them are, informally, reflective decision-influences matching the description ‘promote x x-ingly': ‘promote peace peacefully,' ‘promote corrigibility corrigibly,' ‘promote science scientifically.' I will later propose a quasi-formal definition of this values-type, but the general idea is that certain values are an ouroboros of means and end. Such values frequently come up in human “meaning of life” activities (e.g. math, art, craft, friendship, athletics, romance, technology), as well as in complex forms of human morality (e.g. peace, democracy, compassion, respect, honesty). While this is already indirect reason to suspect that a human-aligned AI should have ‘praxis-based' values, there is also a central direct reason: traits such as corrigibility, transparency, and niceness can only function properly in the form of ‘praxis-based' values. It's widely accepted that if early strategically aware AIs possess values like corrigibility, transparency, and perhaps niceness, further alignment efforts are much more likely to succeed. But values like corrigibility or transparency or niceness don't easily fit into an intuitively consequentialist form like ‘maximize lifetime corrigible behavior' or ‘maximize lifetime transparency.' In fact, an AI valuing its own corrigibility or transparency or niceness in an intuitively consequentialist way can lead to extreme power-seeking whereby the AI violently remakes the world to (at a minimum) protect itself from the risk that humans will modify said value. On the other hand, constraints or taboos or purely negative values (a.k.a. ‘deontological restrictions') are widely believed to be weak, in the sense that an advanced AI will come to work around them or uproot them: ‘never lie' or ‘never kill' or ‘never refuse a direct order from the president' are poor substitutes for active transparency, niceness, and corrigibility. The idea of ‘praxis-based' values is meant to capture the normal, sensible way we want an agent to value corrigibility or transparency or niceness, which intuitively-consequentialist values and deontology both fail to capture. We want an agent that (e.g.) actively tries to be transparent, and to cultivate its own future transparency and its own future valuing of transparency, but that will not (for instance) engage in deception and plotting when it expects a high future-transparency payoff. Having lightly motivated the idea that ‘praxis-based' values are desirable from an alignment point of view, the rest of this post will survey key premises of the hypothesis that ‘praxis-based' values are a viable alignment goal. I'm going to assume an agent with some form of online reinforcement learning going on, and draw on ‘shards' talk pretty freely. I informally described a ‘praxis-based' value as having the structure 'promote x x-ingly.' Here is a rough formulation of what I mean, put in terms of a utility-theoretic description of a shard that implements an alignment-enabling value x: Actions (or more generally 'computations') get an x-ness rating. We define the x shard's expected utility conditional on a candidate action a as the sum of two utility functions: a bounded utility function on the x-ness of a and a more tightly bounded utility function on the expected aggregate x-ness of the agent's future actions conditional on a. (So the shard will choose an action with mildly suboptimal x-ness if it gives a big boost to expected aggregate future x-ness, but r...

Thomas Ryckman is Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, where he works on the philosophy of physics. Mark Wilson is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, where he works at the intersection of the philosophy of math and physics on the one side and metaphysics and the philosophy of language on the other. Tom, Mark, and Robinson discuss the present state of analytic philosophy, the dominant tradition in the United States, including some potential obstacles and important ideas of the twentieth century that have been forgotten. OUTLINE: 00:00 Introduction 2:07 Tom and Mark's Friendship 9:46 Problems with Contemporary Analytic Philosophy 15:18 Hertz and a Metaphysical Notion of Force 18:04 Thoughts on Wittgenstein 20:40 Mark and the French Structuralists 29:41 The Single Greatest Problem Confronting Analytic Philosophy Today 37:45 Some Thoughts on Grounding 1:02:40 Mach, Duhem, Hertz, and Analytic Philosophy 1:14:26 A Historical Overemphasis on Logic 1:29:54 Final Thoughts on the Current State of Academic Philosophy Robinson's Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robinson-erhardt/support

The Bodhicaryavatara is an 8th century text written by Shantideva, a Buddhist monk from the monastic 'university' at Nalanda, India. Dhammadinna offers a few thoughts on the Perfection of Patience, differentiating between types of anger and noting that Shantideva is referring to the sort of anger that is retaliatory and unskilful. Excerpted from the talk Some Thoughts on the Bodhicaryavatara given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2008. *** Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast:  On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. 3,000,000 downloads and counting!Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast:  On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe using these RSS feeds or search for Free Buddhist Audio or Dharmabytes in your favorite podcast service! Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone: donate now! Follow Free Buddhist Audio: YouTube  |  Instagram  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  Soundcloud

Achille Varzi is the John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University and Bruno Kessler Honorary Professor at the University of Trento. He is a world-renowned metaphysicist and logician, and widely regarded as the greatest living mereologist. Yet despite all this Robinson asks Achille about his sleep habits, though afterward they discuss some more important philosophical questions: What is ontology? What is metaphysics, and how is it different from physics? After some tangents on nominalism and truthmakers, the conversation ends with a reflection on some of the late Saul Kripke's contributions to philosophy. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/robinsonerhardt Outline: 00:00 How Kangaroos Got Their Name 00:52 Introduction 4:54 Achille's Start in Philosophy 11:24 Some Thoughts on Wittgenstein 16:57 Writing Philosophy in a Second Language 23:01 Achille's Absurd Sleeping Habits 30:41 What is Metaphysics? 43:01 Distinguishing Physics From Metaphysics 50:48 Ontology, Metaphysics, and Truthmakers 01:23:37 Saul Kripke's Contributions to Philosophy Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robinson-erhardt/support

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Some Thoughts on AI Art, published by abramdemski on January 25, 2023 on LessWrong. I was recently talking with a Daniel Kokotajlo about AI art. It turned out that he and I initially disagreed about ethical questions, but by the end of the conversation, I had somewhat won him over to my position. I have the vague impression that a lot of people (on the technology side) haven't thought through these issues so much, or (like me) have only recently thought these issues through (as a result of artists making a lot of noise about it!). So I thought I would write a post. Maybe it will be persuasive to some readers. Is this the most important conversation to be having about AI? No. Copyright-adjacent issues with AI art are less important than AI-induced unemployment, which is in turn less important than the big questions about the fate of the human race. However, it's possible that copyright-adjacent issues around intellectual property and AI will be one of the first major issues thrusting AI into the political sphere, in which case this discussion may help to shape public policy around AI for years to come. The basic issues. Large language models such as GPT, and AI image generators such as DALL-E, Imagen, Stable Diffusion, etc etc are (very often) trained on copyrighted works without the permission of the copyright holder. This hasn't proven to be a legal problem, yet, but "legal" doesn't mean "ethical". When models like GPT and DALL-E started coming out, I recall having the thought: oh, it's nice how these models don't really need to worry about copyright, because (I thought) deep learning turns out to generalize quite well, which means deep-learning-based systems aren't liable to regurgitate copyrighted material. This turns out to be simply false; these systems are in fact quite liable to reproduce, or very nearly reproduce, copyrighted material when prompted in the right way. Whether or not copyrighted material is precisely reproduced, or nearly reproduced, or not reproduced at all, there is, in any case, an argument to be made that these AI systems (if/when they charge for use) are turning a profit based on copyrighted material in an illegitimate way. After all: the purpose of copyright law is, to a very large extent, to preserve the livelihood of intellectual property creators, who would otherwise have limited ability to profit from their own works due to the ease of reproducing it once made. Modern AI systems are threatening this, whether or not they technically violate copyright. But I want to firmly distinguish between a few different issues: AI systems training on copyrighted data without the consent of the copyright holder. This is the main issue I will discuss. AI systems being capable of reproducing copyrighted works exactly or almost exactly. This is a consequence of the first bullet point, plus properties of modern ML systems, plus the absence of safeguards specifically preventing this from happening. AI systems imitating work in a more general sort of way, such as copying the style of specific artists who never consented to their work being used as training data. This is one of the main reasons to think that training on copyrighted work (without permission) has occurred, in cases where there isn't much public information about what data was used to train an AI. It is also one of the main reasons (I have seen) that artists want these systems to stop training on copyrighted works. AI putting artists and writers out of work. This is not the main topic of the post, but is an obvious underlying reason why people might be upset. Some initial arguments. It's not illegal. Artists who take a position against AI art will sometimes describe the situation as follows: AI programmers steal our art, and use it to train AIs, which can then steal our artistic style, and the...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Some Thoughts on AI Art, published by abramdemski on January 25, 2023 on LessWrong. I was recently talking with a Daniel Kokotajlo about AI art. It turned out that he and I initially disagreed about ethical questions, but by the end of the conversation, I had somewhat won him over to my position. I have the vague impression that a lot of people (on the technology side) haven't thought through these issues so much, or (like me) have only recently thought these issues through (as a result of artists making a lot of noise about it!). So I thought I would write a post. Maybe it will be persuasive to some readers. Is this the most important conversation to be having about AI? No. Copyright-adjacent issues with AI art are less important than AI-induced unemployment, which is in turn less important than the big questions about the fate of the human race. However, it's possible that copyright-adjacent issues around intellectual property and AI will be one of the first major issues thrusting AI into the political sphere, in which case this discussion may help to shape public policy around AI for years to come. The basic issues. Large language models such as GPT, and AI image generators such as DALL-E, Imagen, Stable Diffusion, etc etc are (very often) trained on copyrighted works without the permission of the copyright holder. This hasn't proven to be a legal problem, yet, but "legal" doesn't mean "ethical". When models like GPT and DALL-E started coming out, I recall having the thought: oh, it's nice how these models don't really need to worry about copyright, because (I thought) deep learning turns out to generalize quite well, which means deep-learning-based systems aren't liable to regurgitate copyrighted material. This turns out to be simply false; these systems are in fact quite liable to reproduce, or very nearly reproduce, copyrighted material when prompted in the right way. Whether or not copyrighted material is precisely reproduced, or nearly reproduced, or not reproduced at all, there is, in any case, an argument to be made that these AI systems (if/when they charge for use) are turning a profit based on copyrighted material in an illegitimate way. After all: the purpose of copyright law is, to a very large extent, to preserve the livelihood of intellectual property creators, who would otherwise have limited ability to profit from their own works due to the ease of reproducing it once made. Modern AI systems are threatening this, whether or not they technically violate copyright. But I want to firmly distinguish between a few different issues: AI systems training on copyrighted data without the consent of the copyright holder. This is the main issue I will discuss. AI systems being capable of reproducing copyrighted works exactly or almost exactly. This is a consequence of the first bullet point, plus properties of modern ML systems, plus the absence of safeguards specifically preventing this from happening. AI systems imitating work in a more general sort of way, such as copying the style of specific artists who never consented to their work being used as training data. This is one of the main reasons to think that training on copyrighted work (without permission) has occurred, in cases where there isn't much public information about what data was used to train an AI. It is also one of the main reasons (I have seen) that artists want these systems to stop training on copyrighted works. AI putting artists and writers out of work. This is not the main topic of the post, but is an obvious underlying reason why people might be upset. Some initial arguments. It's not illegal. Artists who take a position against AI art will sometimes describe the situation as follows: AI programmers steal our art, and use it to train AIs, which can then steal our artistic style, and the...

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California Primary Results Foretell Huge Red Wave. Karol Markowicz With Details on the Plot to Kill Brett Kavanaugh. Inez Stepman on Biden's Jaw-Dropping Plans to Redefine Sex. Some Thoughts on a Few Wild Viral Videos Out There. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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