Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI employee, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on Nov. 26; on Friday, the city’s medical examiner ruled his death
Because there are 8 billion people on the planet and those chatting about this stuff on the internet are a very small subset of people. Unless someone is investing time to learn about this stuff, odds are they won’t hear about it elsewhere. I hate to say it, but I’m probably checking out of actively checking out current events and becoming one of those people not paying attention. 20+ years of internet access has taught me this stuff has been happening for a while and there’s nothing I can do about it and no one cares enough to do anything about it as a group. The current US president sitting in the White House and not a jail cell is proof enough to me that it’s futile. It’s become too much on my mental health and I need out of the news cycle.
Yeah, I think the constant barrage of bad news that you have no control over is too much. I’m spending more of my free time this year volunteering locally, mostly for selfish reasons like mental health and distraction from Politics.
Also, given how things are heading, this might be one of our last decent years for spending time outside. So, I’m making an effort to enjoy it while I can.
Because there are 8 billion people on the planet and those chatting about this stuff on the internet are a very small subset of people. Unless someone is investing time to learn about this stuff, odds are they won’t hear about it elsewhere. I hate to say it, but I’m probably checking out of actively checking out current events and becoming one of those people not paying attention. 20+ years of internet access has taught me this stuff has been happening for a while and there’s nothing I can do about it and no one cares enough to do anything about it as a group. The current US president sitting in the White House and not a jail cell is proof enough to me that it’s futile. It’s become too much on my mental health and I need out of the news cycle.
Yeah, I think the constant barrage of bad news that you have no control over is too much. I’m spending more of my free time this year volunteering locally, mostly for selfish reasons like mental health and distraction from Politics.
Also, given how things are heading, this might be one of our last decent years for spending time outside. So, I’m making an effort to enjoy it while I can.