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I love this piece by Om Malik about four phrases and minsets that are essential for success that are gone from Silicon Valley - https://om.co/2022/12/22/what-we-dont-say-in-silicon-valley-anymore/

Also missng from that list is insatiable curiosity.

What we don’t say in Silicon Valley anymore

Mr. Bridge & The Foggy Morning. In my time writing about Silicon Valley, it has gone from being a place of naive curiosity to where posturing is everything. And the reason we have this state of…

On my Om
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Listening to the Twitter Space where Musk buddy Jason Calacanis is defending the removal of journalist accounts (to many of the journalists who were removed, who somehow can still join the space).

And he's RAGING about personal danger, and insisting this is something totally new (it's not).

Um. Also this was the same debate about Jan 6 / Trump decision. That Musk & friends mocked & insisted was unfair.

@anwong @thinkpanzer @kfury @cydharrell I realize I’ve been saying this a lot lately but the new system IS DIFFERENT from the original system. Please be respectful of the colleagues who were already familiar with it.

Also: words matter. This is a conference toot.

Anyone else see a regression on iOS 16.2 that prevents you from changing focus modes from the Lock Screen (iPhone 14 in case that’s relevant)? Used to be able to tap on the focus mode on the Lock Screen; now I have to unlock phone and pull down to get to control center.
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@caseynewton appreciate your thoughts here, Casey. Found myself nodding throughout – using the site feels consistently uncomfortable now.

@shellen @dansinker yeah, from what I gather Google has something similar-ish in-house that's both impressive and at times unsettling. (Wasn't this what the 'it's sentient!' kerfuffle was all about?)

Would be funny if ChatGPT made it safer for Google to release a Labs-like test