I am doing some garden work and a *star shaped ice cube* (pictured, center) falls out of the sky.
I look up (I'm beneath a tree) and see a black crow(?) fly away.
Pretty sure crow collected it from somewhere, + then dropped it. It's only partially melted.
2/ well, you know...
As a fan of Carl Jung, oracular wisdom, divination, synchronicity, etc., I HAVE to see what its symbolism might portend.
Of these, the ace of pentacles seems to 'fit' ...
as @thejessicadore once explained, the "gift from the sky" is an "Ace of" metaphor.
3/ curiously, in searching for the exact card, I can't find it! That exact card has gotten separated from the rest of the deck.
Convinced the universe might be playing some silly YouTube "magic trick" on me. Like David Blaine.
HOW DID THE CROW KNOW
whatever. Synchronicity.
4/ more importantly, those three cards together are unbelievably hopeful + affirming.
They speak to creativity, healing, positivity, possibilities, + "live your life".
I don't know what to make of this but if this is the "message" the universe has for me
I'LL TAKE IT 😄 /fin
5/ ok one small post-script:
What was in the star-shaped ice cube?
Corn, half a peanut, and sunflower seeds.
The crow dropped a small package of bird food, that was wrapped in a star-shaped ice cube.
I'm so. damn. curious right now.
6/ I swear, sometimes life is weirder than any dream.
7/ today I learned about "hagioptasia".
this gets at the inner synchronicities that I find in stories like my encounter with the crow - on one level, yes, I am sure there are perfectly rational and boringly prosaic explanations;
1/ You sit down next to someone at a dinner party.
After some small talk, the person effortlessly pivots to deeper talk on topics of personal interest to both of you. They make space for you, say things that are spontaneously funny, + seem curious about your perspective.
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2/ perhaps you have the distinct feel that this person sparkles
what you might take for granted about this whole exchange is that most of it is regulated by your body
Personal space, body language, and eye contact
Now consider what happens when you converse with an LLM.
3/ yes, what happens is, in its own way, a marvel
The fact that stochastic models function as well as they do is extraordinary + tells us things we have not fully grasped about human language
But consider for a moment that the model is essentially trying to backfill the somatic
@quotidiania @the_wilderless 2/ this paragraph right here: (the "melancholic", or, we could say, the "dysfunctional coper", fails, because he is making it all about HIM - which is to say, he falsely assumes that HE can "fix it all" with his intellect or his effort somehow, instead of simply feeling the loss)
@quotidiania @the_wilderless 3/ his delusional coping style comes about, because he has a poverty-mindset - his reaction to loss is to become more "grasping"
A thread about the "note taking wars", + why famous s$%-p#$ter Tiag@ F@rte does not have a clue what he is talking about
@obsdmd is a gorgeous, well executed product with a fantastic community behind it. Yay!
♥️🚀 ♥️
... but it is *not* a "roam-like".
2/n block referencing and outlining, as implemented by @RoamResearch, are WAY more than just check-boxes to tick, in some arbitrary feature-comparison list.
They are *core* features of the product.
... CORE features that cannot be tacked on, if they're not in the product-DNA.
3/n Yet, it takes time to see this.
... when I first started using Roam, I was so conditioned by the Wikipedia model of backlinked pages, I couldn't 1st see that the true revolution, is at a deeper level.
Your team is currently hard at work designing what we believe will be an extraordinary 6 week learning experience for our beloved #roamcult -->
2/n There will be 2 groups working side by side - Beau will lead a discussion of Ahrens' "How to Take Smart Notes" and I'll lead, for returning members, "The Culture Code" by Dan Coyle.
My group will have a limited number of spots. Beau's group will not be size-limited.
3/n if you are unable to join the Coyle group (enrollment has to be capped, sorry) don't worry; you can still follow along; my plan is to live tweet + carry our discussion out to Twitter
Furthermore, the plan is to bring you more "episodes".