2024 Week 47 - Weekly Notes

When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

Mary Oliver, When Death Comes

When a clown enters a palace, the clown doesn’t become a king, the palace becomes a circus.
— Turkish proverb modified by Elizabeth Bangs

I love collecting quotes. The first one came from another newsletter that I needed to read the original poem. The second is a reflection of the current state of things.

When you need to brighten up your day

Thank you Elmo for going on Chicken Shop Date (even if he eats veggie nuggets)

Doctors vs. AI

Okay, the title is clickbait-y. What we’ve noticed is if you put your symptoms with an LLM, there’s a likelihood it could get your illness diagnosed, but of course, don’t actually call it a diagnosis.

NYTimes - ChatGPT Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness

Your News, brought to you by your influencer

NBC - 1 in 5 U.S. adults get their news from social media influencers, according to Pew report

Let’s go to the source form the Pew Research Center: Influencers Who Often Post About News, and Who Sees Their Content

Local Murder Drama

Bob Lee’s murder trial is often a soap opera. Here’s an inside look.

From the feed

MSN - Newport Oregon will power thousands of homes with waves

Derek Sivers - Wealth = Have ÷ Want

The Shape of AI | UX Patterns for Artificial Intelligence Design

MSN - Lots of Republicans suddenly think the economy wasn’t that bad after all

Recommendations

Newsletter - Sharon McMahon’s Substack - The Preamble

• Also, her book is out: The Small and the Mighty