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Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 17, 2024

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Okay the world is getting crazy.

About 10 years ago I made the decision to not fully allow any one algorithm to curate what content I consume. I also made the decision to not like videos, tweets, posts and other content as I was worried that when you like something the algorithm decides you want to see more of something which inherently means you want to see less of something else. I had fomo for new novel information I guess.

However there is just too much information. And every field is advancing at a rate never seen before. I need to keep up. I need to keep digesting this wonderful juicy magnificent information that my ancestors could only dream of. I NEEED IT ALL. I need to know everything. Just the fact I've avoided algorithms (not completely) for 10 years means that I have a wide range of interests and it's allowed to make novel discoveries about our world just from the comfort of my bedroom. We live in quite unbelievable times really.

Please guys how do I curate information from all over the internet ?

How do I watch the internet from above?

How do I collate information from 4chan, crypto, Data secrets lox, Productivity, history, biohacking, Lesswrong, AI , UFO, Singularity, Robotics, Ray Peat, Paranormal, Biophysics, Genetics, Epigentics, Quantum Computing, Looksmaxxing, Slatestarcodex, YouTube, Apricity, scientific studies, Substack, Astrology, Neurofeedback Autism, etc, without losing my mind?

(Partial answers and Speculative answers welcome.)

(Also if you think there is a better place to ask this question please let me know. If you think there is a better way to ask this question please let me know.)

A straightforward answer could be to write a parser for each source of information that you are interested in, and then a frontend to consume that information. I am partially doing this (and it provides some of the magic sauce for my startup), though I also use email and rss. And Twitter; the serendipity factor for the algorithm is still too high to leave it be.

I will need chat GPT to decipher this comment but much appreciated. Is your startup a solution to my problem? If so please give more details.

Is your startup a solution to my problem?

No. Rather, some internal tooling I am not willing to release is. I am not willing to release it because it would take too much effort, and it might not end up meeting your needs (it uses the terminal extensively). However, from the description you could get an AI tool (maybe this) to try to replicate it.

Also, I've sometimes entered Data secrets lox, but bumped out pretty quickly; what is an example of a discussion you've found valuable there, if that's not too much trouble?

bumped out pretty quickly

Okay you caught me. I also had the same experience. I just added it to my list to make it look as varied as possible.

What do you think of my little list anyway?

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