Episode 259 - New Years Thoughts

The Local Maximum · Ep. 259 - New Years Thoughts

Max looks back at the previous New Year's episode, and was surprised by how right he was on the changes we saw in our channels of information online this year. He reviews the news of the year, particularly the innovations in AI that have come to the forefront, and comments on Clay Shirky's Twitter rant.

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Twitter
Clay Shirky @cshirky: ”Old Twitter is being destroyed, and its epitaph is this bullshit rationale from @elonmusk

“That which matches the law” isn’t a thing — the 1st Amendment *does not specify* an ideal environment for speech. It’s designed to let different groups adopt different norms. 🧵”

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