Kishau Rogers @kishau@bigthinking.social

Retreat Weekend #1. Only focused on 5 things (in no particular order):

1. Prioritize sleep & waking up without an alarm.

2. Go outside (walk)

3. Practice Mindfulness/Meditation , Prayer or Yoga (reconnecting to the present)

4. Say “no” to things you really don’t want to do (or make a list of things to say yes to). Or perform a calendar audit …. But only if you feel like it.

5. Journal (helpful for “brain dumps” & self reflection)

#photodump #selfcare #retreat

@lteegs accurate. I can tell by their facial expression, loud sighs & lingering silence that I’ve lost them 😂

@clive about 2 million ants per person. 😬

Adding to my list of things to learn about mastodon & other #fediverse applications: lists & relays.

Re: lists - I understand the importance of lists; I had shy of 10k followers on [the other place], curated organically over many years. Not a lot, but lists became very useful with the prominence of algorithmic feeds and more than 1K connections.

Re: relays - understanding pros/cons for self-hosted instances

I often provide mentorship & advisory support to emerging #founders & #startup teams. When pitching solutions, it’s common to be met with a word salad of emerging tech used (#AI, #web3, #blockchain etc)

I’d love to see a culture shift in tech … more focus on outcomes, less centering of tools. You can build a house with a screwdriver, but in some cases, a screwdriver may not be the best tool for the job. I’d like to see more people explain why the tools selected are the best for the job.

@hopper 😂 exactly. We (society) need to stop conflating “genius” with influence/power/money. None of this is smart lol

@penglyn @Nigma not slow 😂 there a new low every hour!

How many years have we been in chaos mode? At this point, the world needs a mental health break from billionaires & politicians …

@ProfFerrous I agree that it’s a useful feature (particularly for addressing doomscrolling).

On #CWs: Seems that the expectation regarding what requires a #CW varies by person/community (ex: established communities vs. new arrivals). I’ve decided to use the following guideline (for my single-user instance / island):

- Use a CW (broadly): political, violence, adult/sexual, self harm, hate speech & abuse, spoiler alerts

- No CW: Topics that are important to me that may annoy you

Revisit “Genius”; a thought provoking read via The Atlantic (“Our Genius Problem”, 2002)

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/12/our-genius-problem/308435/

@mekkaokereke interesting concept! I’m wondering how this would impact behavior (ex: use of images). Also, does popularity drive costs (boosts, replies etc)?

FYI According to Reiss’ theory, the “16 Basic Desires” that drive nearly all human behavior are:

acceptance, curiosity, eating, family, honor, idealism, independence, order, physical activity, power, romance, saving, social contact, status, tranquility and vengeance.

Photo Credit: Matt Davies (mrmattdavies.me)

On Tech, Status, Desire & Profit

Steven Reiss developed the theory of "16 Basic Desires" that guide nearly all human behavior. For example, if you are driven by the need for social status, you may be more susceptible to paying for high-status indicators (even if they are nothing more than symbols that offer little value to your experience as a customer).

What people value is not my business. Conflating “social status” with online safety & trust (verification) is where things get dangerous, IMO

On AI, Coding & Art: A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that the creation of AI-powered coding assistant GitHub Copilot relies on copyright-protected repositories of code. This may have impact on other AI generated works (music, arts … I see a lot of similarities in the act of coding and the act of creating art).

More details on the proposed lawsuit here —> https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/8/23446821/microsoft-openai-github-copilot-class-action-lawsuit-ai-copyright-violation-training-data