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thank your ancestors, serve your descendants
When I first learned about how Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace built and programmed the first computer, I felt a strange combination of sadness and…
Mar 22
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Jay Vidyarthi
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February 2024
vision pro won't save or destroy us
When are we going to stop framing every new technology in terms of good and evil? When ChatGPT was released, it instantly sparked two competing visions…
Feb 27
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Jay Vidyarthi
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embrace the mess
Imagine: a child in a nice, clean living room, wielding a paintbrush like it’s a sword. An array of vibrant paints are strewn across his desk. With each…
Feb 2
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Jay Vidyarthi
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January 2024
what are you optimizing for?
AI theorists debate something called the “paperclip maximizer problem”. It’s a cautionary tale where a robot is instructed to produce as many paperclips…
Jan 17
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Jay Vidyarthi
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reflecting on 2023 in public
As I sit back at my desk this morning after a lovely holiday break, I’m taking a moment to reflect on 2023. I’ve been getting in the habit of doing…
Jan 8
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Jay Vidyarthi
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October 2023
designing for life experience (UX ➜ LX)
I work in ‘user experience’ design. Despite what it sounds like, we don’t actually design experiences. We design for experience. We use products and…
Oct 20, 2023
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Jay Vidyarthi
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September 2023
the playground i find in music
I posted new music today. If you've been following my journey for a while, you'd know that I've often compared my music journey to my spiritual path and…
Sep 22, 2023
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Jay Vidyarthi
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June 2023
the gift of belonging
I don’t personally identify as neurodiverse, so I don’t really know what that word means, but in the past 12 months, it sure has come up a lot. Have I…
Jun 29, 2023
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ensō: see through stories holding you back [2018]
This is the third and final part of a series I’m resurrecting this week. It captures a trip that changed our lives in 2018. These reflections were…
Jun 9, 2023
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Jay Vidyarthi
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you can’t strangle a flower from a seed [2018]
Earlier this week, I shared part 1 from a 3-part series chronicling a trip that changed our lives in 2018. Here’s part 2, originally written on July…
Jun 2, 2023
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Jay Vidyarthi
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you can’t strangle a flower from a seed [2018]
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May 2023
the highlands inspired us to leave [2018]
It's been 5 years since my wife and I took a pivotal trip that changed our lives. I'm re-posting 3 articles were never shared with this list. This is…
May 31, 2023
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have i meditated enough?
In my meditation practice, I love playing with effort. It’s funny, mindfulness asks us to accept the present moment as it is, yet at the same time we…
May 2, 2023
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have i meditated enough?
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