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Hello. My name is Rich. After leaving full-time work in my twenties, I've been pursuing my own hobbies and writing projects while traveling the world.
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AI and the Death of the Author
A crude way to summarise my stance towards AI writing would be: 'if it's good, it's good'. So: is it good?
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New Zealand as Mediocristan
If all you care about is avoiding the risk of ruin, New Zealand is a good place to be. The flipside is that there are also far fewer opportunities for transformative upside.
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The Odyssey (2026) is guilty of everything Emily Wilson was wrongly accused of
Nolan has stripped the ambiguity that makes Homer’s characters so interesting, and served up a cosy morality play with all the depth of warmed-over Marvel slop.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson