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A night in Juarez, rendered in the plain American style. No commentary, no lesson, just the city and the people in it, what it sells and what is bought.

I continue to write and publish one piece per month. September Essay 001: ON WHAT THE PANOPTICON CANNOT SEE.

https://www.metanoia-research.com/essay-001-on-what-the-pano...

What defines important and why must it be solved in haste? Many issues and other problems arise during the journey in solving all problems; those that are needed and those that are pursuits for their own sake.

If AI gave us the plane to reach Everest without us having gone through the journey of aviation and flight, what would we have lost without that process?

But the most important problems to be solved are not technological challenges but social ones, involving humans and our relationship to one another. An area AI will forever ill-suited to handle.

In the Economist article Tao links, Hugo Duminil-Copin, draws a comparison: airdropping someone on the summit of Mount Everest is very different from climbing it.

The fundamental issue with AI solving any perceived difficult problem is that we have lost the journey. The sight atop Mount Everest looks much different when you have climbed compared to being dropped from above.

In the Economist article Tao links, Hugo Duminil-Copin, draws a comparison: airdropping someone on the summit of Mount Everest is very different from climbing it.

The fundamental issue with AI solving any perceived difficult problem is that we have lost the journey. The sight atop Mount Everest looks much different when you have climbed compared to being dropped from above.

Do not let peace be given away as you cannot control what you cannot control.

Yes! The WSJ had a small article, a picture with a caption, about that. We were there two weeks ago, and our guide mentioned how he had never seen it so active.

That is quite the ride! You're welcome, glad to hear it brought back positive memories.

Six months ago I began writing and publishing one essay a month. Last month my wife and I hiked Fuego Volcano in Guatamela for our 20th anniversary. Here is my essay on that: A Country Within Myself - https://www.metanoia-research.com/dispatch-005-a-country-wit... .

Hurricane Maria went from Cat 2 to Cat 5 in less than 24 hours, and turned making a direct hit to Dominica in 2017.

I continue to write and publish one piece per month. July was a review of Vaclav Havel's The Power of the Powerless, integrated with a recent trip to Dominica:

https://www.metanoia-research.com/review-001-the-power-of-th...

Any thoughts or feedback are welcomed.

I recently read his essay, and wrote a reflection after a trip to Dominica. Review 001: THE POWER OF THE POWERLESS - https://www.metanoia-research.com/review-001-the-power-of-th...

I continue to write and publish one essay a month, slowly perfecting the craft.

https://www.metanoia-research.com/dispatch-004-up-from-the-a...

St. John of the Cross in the Ascent of Mount Carmel,

"You should take care always to be inclined

not to the easiest thing, but to the hardest;

not to the tastiest, but to the most insipid;

not to the things that give the greatest pleasure, but to those that give the least;

not to the restful things, but to the painful ones;

not to consolation, but to desolation;

not to more, but to less;

not to the highest and dearest, but to the lowest and most despised;

not to the desire for something, but to having no desires.”

Thank you, much appreciated!

I continue to write. Unsure the end goal but in my recent dispatch I learned to get out of my way, stop intellectualizing life and let it be.

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Writing. I publish one long form essay a month with two published thus far. The third one is in editing stages. An enjoyable experience moving from internal notes to outward expression.

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