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Rose's avatar

it's pique (stimulate interest or curiosity) not peak

Claudia Dawson's avatar

Thanks for catching that! Updated.

Andy's avatar

This was the best Recomendo ever!

Andy's avatar

Another great quote (definition): “Recursion: the repeated application of a recursive procedure or definition.”

Emily Mclintock's avatar

Love this week’s! Love all weeks!

chiefmcconnell.eth's avatar

love the quote and the whoismadatme link.

Hans De Keulenaer's avatar

Great selection again. Recomendo remains one of my few and favourite newsletters (for over 3 years now).

For this particular edition, I'd add 'summarizing books in 5 bullet points' to the list of '43 things that don't work' :-), but that's maybe just me.

Josh's avatar

Sadly for all of us, that Irpan quote is true only when “worst” refers to AI capability — the typical technologist view. From a societal perspective we are at the very beginning of “bad” and the descent towards “worst” will likely be exponential.

Glenn Mercer's avatar

For some reason my security software blocks bookpecker, and HARD! As in "DO NOT PROCEED!"