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Tangent #25 - Rat Race Withdrawals

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Camilo Moreno-Salamanca
Apr 1, 2023
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Greetings from Colombia! I’m at the tail end of my two week trip back to the homeland and have made my way from sunny Santa Marta to chilly Bogotá.

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Tangent - Rat Race Withdrawals

A couple of weeks ago, I promised to share some of the fears that along with The AI Rat Race have been ruminating in my mind. More so than fears, they are withdrawals—bouts of doubt. I explore them in my latest piece (read here).

Tangent
Rat Race Withdrawals
Three months have passed since the beginning of my sabbatical. All the preparation, the goals, the intentions I set ahead of taking this break are now playing out. I’m experiencing withdrawals. I’m marching forth. The Withdrawals Earlier this week, I stayed at this cute boutique hotel with a semi-private beach. The rooms were style…
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8 months ago · Camilo Moreno-Salamanca

Media Worth Consuming

AI Can’t Plan Corn (Yet) by Kyla Scalon

I think this is one of my favorite reads this year. It’s sobering, playful, and tremendously insightful. Kyla uses the famous “Stop AI Development” letter that made the news this week as a foil for broader musings on whether it’s already too late, whether anything can be done, and broader reflection on the sustained importance of the physical world.

kyla’s Newsletter
AI Can't Plant Corn (Yet)
Tying AI into globalization, markets, and commodities It seems as though AI has entered almost every conversation we have had recently. Everyone is talking about it, the tradeoff between safety and capacity, whose job it will take first, what it means for All-of-This…
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8 months ago · 40 likes · 6 comments · kyla scanlon

Unfashionable Wrist Braces & The Guilt of Feeling "Unproductive" by Alexandra Allen

Alexandra wrote a very timely reflection on that sensation of not feeling productive and the tension that causes when you are a solopreneur and no-one can pick up the slack. I loved how she creates a “minimum viable work day” to avoid paralysis or self-flagellation.

Wednesday Wonders
Unfashionable Wrist Braces & The Guilt of Feeling "Unproductive"
“Is what’s on your wrists a fashion choice or did you hurt yourself?” I laughed as a course creator asked me that during office hours last week. Unfortunately, it was the latter. For over two weeks now, I’ve been battling my first case of tendonitis. I suspect the compounding effect of not having a proper ergonomic setup and putting in excessive hours wa…
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8 months ago · 19 likes · 18 comments · Alexandra Allen

Library Notes March 31st, 2023 by Steven Foster

I was part of Steven’s Photography for Creatives over the last few weeks. The course was just what I needed to feel like a more competent photographer and arm me with foundational concepts to level up my skills and continue mastering this wonderful art form. In this note, he reflects on why the course was a resounding success (I agree). Check it out!

Envio by Steven Foster
Library Notes March 31st, 2023
Yesterday officially marked the conclusion of Photography for Creatives Cohort One. This course, has been a delightful success. We booked out the two dozen spots we set aside our first offering, and had four vanguard grade mentors who led sessions, workshops, and prompts with our students as though they had been doing it for years…
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8 months ago · 4 likes · Steven Foster

Photo of the Week - Tayrona Postcard

I bring you this postcard from the Cabo San Juan beach, one of three beaches in Tayrona National Park in Santa Marta Colombia (and the most popular one). To get here you have to make a two hour trek (each way) through stairs, rocks, mud, and some wooden paths. Every step is breathtaking. I left with a sense of pride at the sheer natural beauty Colombia has. Unfortunately, I don’t think we are the stewards this natural wonder needs us to be (I guess that goes for all planet Earth). Regardless, I took this picture and immediately thought “postcard.”

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Silvio Castelletti
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Apr 1Liked by Camilo Moreno-Salamanca

Camilo! That Tyrona postcard is so alive and vibrant. It took me there: I could feel the wind and the sound of the waves and the palm trees. Beautiful colors and composition. I enjoyed this issue of Tangent: your writing is very effective and evocative, and your ideas always well thought-out. Bravo!

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