Gonna be fun watching the Brandon administration dance around that one. Declare Israel guilty of war crimes? Or not guilty. Talk about a group that can generate lose-lose situations. Worse even than the GOP.
Generally speaking, hasn’t the income that’s being gifted already been subject to tax? If I made $100,000 last year, declared it on my returns, and paid taxes, why does the Fed need to know where I give it away?
That’s amusing about AI. I’ve prompted ChatGPT to the effect that I wanted an analysis that pointed out the weaknesses and areas for improvement. Found AI most useful when it is given permission to drop out of I-don’t-wanna-hurt-your-feelings mode. It tends to praise even when you don’t ask for it, and that’s not at all helpful.
If you’re working on making legitimate improvements, AI “thinks” in terms of a literary agent of modest intellect. You have to push it in back-and-forth collaborative exchanges to elevate its IQ so you can benefit from its incredible power and speed.
Bottom Line: Don’t trust AI’s praise to get you published.
Thanks for the link. I read the entire piece because I admire Taleb’s thinking so much. And his willingness to lash out at people like T. Friedman. Content-wise, I find the remarks to be an extension of Black Swan. My copy of Swan is full of marginal notes, highlights, and Post-Its.
I tend to read people like Kahneman and Taleb to learn lessons to apply to writing.
I found your intro to be very well written. Coherent and conversational. Wonderful job. I admire that kind of writing. Surprised that you haven’t taken that talent to a commercially viable hobby or pursuit.
Next up is to follow the link to the Taleb-Kahneman discussion.
Many thanks for the compliment. Do you write? Either fiction or nonfiction?
What I’m learning (repeatedly) is that the biggest hurdle to achieving a readership is the ability to market. If to the legacy industry, you must market like crazy to agents. If self-publishing, well . . . to the world. My next project as a writer is to learn how to do that better.
I read some great advice from Taleb in The Black Swan. To the effect that one of the industries where you can create your own positive Black Swan is in publishing, and your opportunities are increased only if you get your writing out there.
One of my first steps is to help other writers, as many as I can, to advance their work. And, yes, there’s a self-serving interest, but that is how the bulk of civilization works—people helping each other. Not, as we so often see in the stories posted here, one segment of society tearing down others to elevate themselves.
Again, thanks for the commentary. I’m waiting to see if Laz comes back to seek more advice on structuring his story, which has a terrific potential.