There are other warts though:

- They're paying out the lowest to artists by far when it comes to streams

- Artist impersonation issues

- Botted playlists

- Daniel Ek investing his fortune into AI drone military defense company Helsing

- The nascent issue of AI music / artists (see The Velvet Sundown)

For me it is moreso that all of this adds up to artists getting the squeeze, and I'd rather try to find ways to better support them.

The population for those two specific diagnoses were low in the study. Diagnostic patterns change over time for these type of disorders. Considering neurodevelopmental outcomes as a group may add more color.

You are correct that the study failed to disprove a link between aluminum and aspergers. But the study did prove a that if there is a link it does not result in a moderate to large increase in aspergers risk.

Look up the Regeneron COURAGE trial

No 'endless scrolling' aspect, but I find it works great for managing window sizing and bopping around your windows via keyboard.

Considering our brain is a "multi-modal self-reinforcing omnimodel", I think it makes sense for the OpenAI team to work on making more "senses" native to the model. Doing so early will set them up for success when future breakthroughs are made in greater intelligence, self-learning, etc.

Haven't had any complaints about the mail service! In fact, I recently made the decision to completely drop gmail and it has been working great so far.

I do wish you could have separate emails funnel to separate inboxes that are accessible in the same UI. Right now you can only route to different folders, or create a separate account entirely and switch between them using a toggle in the app. I think functionally the separation need is met, just not in the way I prefer, so I'm not too upset about it.

The VPN has been fine so far when I sparingly use it. I would get a lot more use out of it when it has Apple TV support. I am holding out for that, apparently it is on the roadmap for this summer.

I think the supplement/fitness influencer machine is so aggressive and fraught with misinformation that anything that falls in its crosshair is just squeezed to death.

A blend of anonymity, low self-soothing ability, human instinct to talk trash during competition, people tying identity to performance, skew towards younger people playing, etc.

> How and to what degree does it manifest?

How? Mostly through voice and chat systems in-game. Also through quitting the game, or blatantly "throwing" a match.

To what degree? From "You suck" to racial slurs to harm yourself. It's ubiquitous across competitive games -- you'll probably experience it every session.

> How do you avoid it?

The best way is to find a consistent group of folks to play with. Stay away from "random queue". Certain games you can turn off chat features, submit reports, etc. You can also just ignore it and accept it as part of the thing.

etc. Establish your principles and live as closely to that as you can, and tune out what is outside of your control. Seriously. Block it. No one needs to see this shit every day.

Yes, if you are already 'self-actualized', you don't need to be thinking about behavior modification frameworks, your behaviors are already serving you.

Some people have circumstances and long-lived reactions and behaviors for those circumstances that make it very difficult to change course, even if they have a real desire to. This 'disconnectedness' between lived experience and personal goals and values can lead to a lot of anguish. In those cases, following a framework, even though it can feel 'weird', can lead to the positive sparks required for change.

Appreciate you injecting your own style into the writing. After a decade in the industry I'm sick of soulless reference materials.

It is scary.