Shruti Gupta @peckwitter

Founder @ stealth. unraveling the human mind and body mystery, curious about society & culture. organ donation advocate. ex cofounder @Healthians. say hi here. linkedin.com/in/shrutigupta… Singapore Joined November 2009

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Shruti Gupta @peckwitter

6 months ago

choosing sides, taking bets, standing ground. this stuff makes up a person, her mind and her spine. being an eternal option-ist is perhaps a synonym of being non-committal.. and that’s not a good way to live

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6 months ago

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Patricia Mou @patriciamou_

7 months ago

I think culture needs to normalize around the idea of slow texting: If I haven’t replied to you, it means I haven’t looked at my phone. And if I’m not looking at my phone, I’m in my good place. to expect instant responses from others is to hope for them to not be fully absorbed…

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Robert P. George @McCormickProf

7 months ago

In my four decades of professional academic life I've observed that Robert Conquest's First Law holds. Most of my colleagues are left-leaning. More than a few are far left-leaning. Some, though, hold conservative views in one or a few areas. Almost invariably, those are areas in…

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O.W. Root @NecktieSalvage

7 months ago

The eschewing of things like tobacco first, then alcohol, and finally caffeine is associated with the mass affluent very comfortable 21st century life. It’s an extremely ascetic existence. Like a desire for punishment or something. Almost masochistic. The final frontier is…

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Rick Nason @rnason_dal

a year ago

Interesting take on the status of young adults as I start preparing for the new university year. The counter-arguments at the end are also interesting. I now need to get back to my toy-box. economist.com/culture/2024/0…

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Shruti Gupta @peckwitter

a year ago

“I think people are afraid that by going first and giving resources, giving time & attention, giving samples, and so on, they might just be losing that. They’re not cognizant of the fact that in every human culture you must not take without giving in return.”- Robert Cialdini

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Prof. James Heckman @heckmanequation

4 years ago

Socio-emotional skills are a better predictor of life success than cognitive skills. High-quality #ECE can provide socio-emotional gains that last a lifetime, even if cognitive skills fade. bit.ly/38Gfyme

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IDEO @ideo

8 years ago

"The key is to design experiences around emotional value rather than rational value."—@dwbstr on emotion in AI: ideo.to/Kyzvls

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Sully @SullyOmarr

a year ago

This is unreal. We're legitimately getting to a point where intelligence might be too cheap to meter Gemini flash will soon cost ~$0.05/1m tokens For reference, ~2 years ago gpt-3.5 was $0.06$/1k tokens In time we got 100x cheaper models that are 10x smarter

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Paul Graham @paulg

2 years ago

I think wokeness actually peaked in 2020 or 2021 and has been slowly contracting since then. If we're lucky this will be one of those things that dies, as Hemingway put it, "gradually, then suddenly."

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Shruti Gupta @peckwitter

a year ago

Calling marketers and whoever understands the value of developing “good taste”, pls opine how would you define it?

Michael J. Miraflor @michaelmiraflor

2 years ago

Calling marketers and whoever understands the value of developing “good taste”, pls opine how would you define it?

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The Product Folks 🚀 @TheProductfolks

a year ago

Your secret expectations are holding your team back 🎯

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Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill

a year ago

Intelligence and Prejudice: Intelligent people are just as prejudiced as less intelligent people - but toward different groups stevestewartwilliams.com/p/intelligence…