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Oscar Bazaldua Dec 26, 2022

📖 This year I read "The Anatomy of Anxiety" by Ellen Vora, it is quite a great book for those of you who like me don't appreciate books that just treat anxiety as a problem that can be solved through positive vibes and prefer a more rational approach to it.

I'm one of those people who like to understand problems before fixing them, and it gave me great insights on what anxiety really is and why studies think different approaches work.

The truth is that I struggle a lot with anxiety. (1/2)

Oscar Bazaldua Dec 22, 2022

I always feel bad at the year's end because I didn't read as many books as I challenged myself to.

Then I get messages like these:

And it makes me realize how much I really read and that time doesn't get wasted, it just feels like it because of the particular measurements we focus on.

Happy readings!

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Oscar Bazaldua Dec 21, 2022

The idea that with mass adoption of VR we might open our minds to a different vision of the self. A self not constrained by our bodies. Now that is exciting.

At first I rejected that article cause I was thinking "here comes another guy who tells us we live in a simulation" but no, these guys are actually thinking this deep and straight. What if our self is a mental model? That doesn't discard reality but transforms it. That opens up discussions not relegates everything to nihilism.

Oscar Bazaldua Dec 21, 2022

These thought experiments make me really excited about mass adoption of VR.
That said... I'm really bummed that right now your only choice for a VR is Meta. (Sorry Valve, the index is too geek for normal people)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/02/are-we-already-living-in-virtual-reality

Are We Already Living in Virtual Reality?

Joshua Rothman reports on virtual-embodiment technology, which is challenging our understanding of who and what we are.

The New Yorker

Oscar Bazaldua Dec 18, 2022

As much as I'm enjoying Mastodon, one thing I don't like is how much of the conversations here are about Elon and Twitter.
C'mon guys and gals, we can do better that. What's something exciting you are doing this week?

Oscar Bazaldua Dec 17, 2022

Ben Sandofsky Dec 16, 2022

Also how I like my software.

Oscar Bazaldua Dec 15, 2022

Skulls in the Stars Dec 14, 2022

I miss the naive old days when Bill Gates was the worst billionaire we could imagine

Oscar Bazaldua Dec 15, 2022

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Mike Masnick ✅Dec 14, 2022

I didn't follow and wasn't even interested in following @elonjet on the other site, but now that it's been banned over there, I feel compelled to follow it over here.

Oscar Bazaldua Dec 13, 2022

This is wild!
Will it be another app gold rush? Likely.
Is it going to be a freaking mess? Absolutely.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/13/23507766/apple-app-store-eu-dma-third-party-sideloading

Apple is reportedly preparing to allow third-party app stores on the iPhone

Apple is planning to let users install alternative app stores on iOS, according to Bloomberg. The plans are reportedly being spurred on by the EU’s Digital Markets Act.

The Verge

Oscar Bazaldua Dec 13, 2022

As a total nerd I think Mastodon is awesome. The idea of decentralization feels like an evolution of the principles of the original open protocols like RSS.

... but, as a normal user I think this is waaaay too geek. Not sure it will replace Twitter for the 99% of the wold (sadly), but it will be interesting to see how this develops.

Let's see how this goes!