People loved his selfless myth. (He doubled down, in a piece with Fortune, claiming that he didn’t need equity with OpenAI because he had “enough money”.) Not long after that, I discovered OpenAI had made a deal with a chip company that Altman owned a piece of. The selfless bit...
Defensively, I played a forward in our 2-3 zone, charged first and foremost with the job of getting myself between the basket and my opponents every time a shot went up. Rebounding position was really important to Coach Hardiman- there was nothing less defensible than letting someone else be...
Where to find a good place and a good teacher for Kasina meditation? Thanks in advance, devaloka As a school Theravāda seems to have preferred Kasiṇa meditation, so the Visuddhimagga would be a good place to start. “All returns to emptiness, selflessness, impersonality, absence of a ...
The next eight hours area steady stream of frying, wrapping and never-ending joking. Calling Mr Baioumy friendly is like calling water damp; he is cheerful and warm, whether fist-bumping(击拳)with his regulars or attracting passers-by. In restaurants, where chefs are generally secreted in th...
Just then, I saw the scared fish shooting into the middle of the stream, my hook hung from the line. I had lost my prize.My heart sank with it and I felt like a failure. We tend to speak of the of childhood as matters of little importance those of grown-ups. Controlled by reason...
I would love to say my reaction would have been gentle like Vanna’s. But I think, knowing myself, and knowing that when my daughter was five, I also had a 3 1/2-year-old toddler and an infant, I would have been more hysterical. In my stress and under adrenaline, I might have ...
“selfless” activities of life. I had never fed the hungry; clothed the naked; sheltered the homeless; visited the sick or lonely; and only once had visited a prison. My spiritual director, a very wise woman, responded back to me, “But, you’ve done all of these things.” How ...
as a result of contact with the Holy Body of the earth. I’m talking about pouring libations and feeling mysense of sensual connection with the world restored, the stream of liquid becominga living connection between myself and the earth. I’m talking about thesimplest of gestures, like rai...
s time. A boy who was solely adored and cared for without having to spare a drop for his little brother. Much less a bucket full. Yes, yes. I know. I hear you rolling your eyes already;) That’s what EVERY older sibling goes through. Agreed. They have to learn to share the ...