# seth (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover seth. Page: Feed: --- ## [“Torturing the Saxophone…” – Matt Berry Reads a Brutal Letter from Robert Crumb](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/08/19/torturing-the-saxophone-matt-berry-reads-a-brutal-letter-from-robert-crumb/) _2026-08-19 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRrG-7ItqdY ## [Rule #1: Don’t Play the Royal Obituary Tape Live Unless the King Is Dead](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/08/18/rule-1-dont-play-the-royal-obituary-tape-live-unless-the-king-is-dead/) _2026-08-18 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/king-charles-death-radio-caroline-announcement-b3030359.html ## [Art Spiegelman Interview](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/08/17/art-spiegelman-interview/) _2026-08-17 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/aug/15/art-spiegelman-the-us-needs-a-counter-revolution ## [Librarians Without Libraries](https://zoia.org/posts/librarians-without-libraries/) _2026-08-16 · roberto@zoia.org (Roberto Zoia) · zoia.org_ I recently rediscovered this article by Seth Godin about The Future of the Library . I find it even more relevant than when it was written, 15 years ago. As the article explains, libraries started as warehouses for books worth sharing. As the number of books grew, the librarian appeared. The librarian, who is not a clerk in the library building, became "the interface between reams of data and the… ## [Shows in Cleveland, My Brain in My Body, and the Fate of the Universe?](https://myqkaplan.substack.com/p/shows-in-cleveland-my-brain-in-my) _2026-08-15 · Myq Kaplan · Myq Kaplan's Arty Har-Hars_ I put a question mark because I don't KNOW if the fate of the universe depends on my brain and shows in Cleveland, but it could be! Maybe I should have written "Fate IN the Universe"? Question mark! ## [Cookie Monster and the Dalai Lama on anger and yelling and cookies](https://myqkaplan.substack.com/p/cookie-monster-and-the-dalai-lama) _2026-08-12 · Myq Kaplan · Myq Kaplan's Arty Har-Hars_ Somehow a follow-up to my recent piece about Mitch Hedberg, alcoholism, and free will. Enjoy! ## [The Life, Comic Art and Downfall of Joe Matt](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/08/10/the-life-comic-art-and-downfall-of-joe-matt/) _2026-08-10 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yTkJ98aUGo ## [Four Thoughts About Using AI Effectively](https://zoia.org/posts/four-thoughts-about-using-ai-effectively-2026/) _2026-08-08 · roberto@zoia.org (Roberto Zoia) · zoia.org_ Four thoughts about using AI effectively: AI models get better fast. Frontier AI models can solve today tasks that they were only mediocre at six months ago. It can makes perfect sense to use two different LLMs—for example, ChatGPT and Claude—on the same task, feeding one's output into the other. For any serious work, you should get on a paid plan. Many people are not impressed with AI because… ## [Mitch Hedberg, Alcoholism, and Free Will](https://myqkaplan.substack.com/p/mitch-hedberg-alcoholism-and-free) _2026-08-07 · Myq Kaplan · Myq Kaplan's Arty Har-Hars_ Also Shantideva, Chuang Tzu, and Robert Sapolsky ## [Commitment](https://zoia.org/posts/commit-to-something-peter-davis/) _2026-08-07 · roberto@zoia.org (Roberto Zoia) · zoia.org_ Peter Davis 1 delivered the Graduate English Address as a Harvard Law School graduate at Harvard’s 2018 Commencement. His speech is titled A Counterculture of Commitment . The defining characteristic of our generation, says Davis, is keeping options open to the point that commiting to something—even trivial like watching a whole movie—becomes strange. We are stuck in infinite browsing mode, not… ## [Real SIMs for AI Agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3ph5tJEDD10j) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ Pass 2FA and verifications with real carrier numbers via our API. ## [When was the last time you coded something by hand?](https://zoia.org/posts/not-typing-code-anymore-2026/) _2026-08-05 · roberto@zoia.org (Roberto Zoia) · zoia.org_ I've been wanting to make some changes to this site's design and structure for months. Specifically: I wanted the home page to display the most recent post instead of the text about my professional profile. I had different views for different posts' categories. I wanted to merge in just two views: one for book reviews, and the other for everything else. I wanted a better looking font. Other small… ## [Everyone is a genius! (Some more thoughts on the Pinky and the Brain, childhood riddles, and quantum physics, but almost certainly NOT the Gricean maxims)](https://myqkaplan.substack.com/p/everyone-is-a-genius-some-more-thoughts) _2026-08-04 · Myq Kaplan · Myq Kaplan's Arty Har-Hars_ Some kind of winding road ## [TIL, That Andy Burnham Is Not A Labour Party Prime Minister…](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/08/03/til-that-andy-burnham-is-not-a-labour-party-prime-minister/) _2026-08-03 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ https://www.politico.eu/article/why-andy-burnham-no-ordinary-labour-prime-minister/ ## [A Philosophical Inquiry into Pinky and the Brain and Time Travel](https://myqkaplan.substack.com/p/a-philosophical-inquiry-into-pinky) _2026-07-31 · Myq Kaplan · Myq Kaplan's Arty Har-Hars_ Is it a scientific inquiry as well? Let's find out! ## [‘I Like Living With My Own Pain, Mister.’](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/07/28/i-like-living-with-my-own-pain-mister/) _2026-07-28 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ \[comics\] Out-of-Context Comics … ‘I \*like\* living with my own pain, mister.’ … ## [Recovering Green Boots](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/07/27/recovering-green-boots/) _2026-07-27 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/22/mt-everest-green-boots-man-cave-climber-identity ## [A Story About the Alphabet and an Alpha Human That I Met](https://myqkaplan.substack.com/p/a-story-about-the-alphabet-and-an) _2026-07-25 · Myq Kaplan · Myq Kaplan's Arty Har-Hars_ In which I discuss various kinds of rights of way and ways of right. ## [Jim Shooter Reconsidered](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/07/24/jim-shooter-reconsidered/) _2026-07-24 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ https://www.tcj.com/rr-jim-shooter-agonistes-a-reconsideration-of-the-editor-and-writers-legacy/ ## [The Computers of Jurassic Park…](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/07/23/the-computers-of-jurassic-park/) _2026-07-23 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic\_park\_computers/index.html ## [Falling vs Flying](https://myqkaplan.substack.com/p/falling-vs-flying) _2026-07-22 · Myq Kaplan · Myq Kaplan's Arty Har-Hars_ Which one are we doing? ## [Auto-trade Cross-Exchange Gaps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/EENLvmWUciNu) _2026-07-22 · **Sponsored**_ Find cross-exchange spreads, backtest strategies, and execute automatically with risk controls. ## [Todd Klein Analyses Watchmen’s Logo and Cover Design](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/07/20/todd-klein-analyses-watchmens-logo-and-cover-design/) _2026-07-20 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ https://kleinletters.com/Blog/logocover-design-watchmen/ ## [Mitch Hedberg, Mary Poppins, and Bruce Eric Kaplan on Heaven, Flying, and Racism](https://myqkaplan.substack.com/p/mitch-hedberg-mary-poppins-and-bruce) _2026-07-17 · Myq Kaplan · Myq Kaplan's Arty Har-Hars_ To heaven! ## [“Returning astronauts describe walking into their own homes and feeling like they are visiting them.”](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/07/17/returning-astronauts-describe-walking-into-their-own-homes-and-feeling-like-they-are-visiting-them/) _2026-07-17 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ \[space\] Astronauts returning from six-month missions describe a persistent 'observer' sensation … A close look at a curious after-effect of extended space missions. ‘NASA’s own post-flight reflections from station crews describe the sensation in plainer language: home feels staged. Smells are too sharp. Gravity feels theatrical. The brain, which spent half a year recalibrating for \[…\] ## [Seth’s Riff’s](https://www.swiss-miss.com/2026/07/seths-riffs.html) _2026-07-13 · swissmiss · swissmiss_ Seth s Riff s is a collection of kernels, notions and riffs from Seth Godin. What a treasure trove! GAH! ## [The Ability to Be Wrong](https://www.swiss-miss.com/2026/07/the-ability-to-be-wrong.html) _2026-07-13 · swissmiss · swissmiss_ The ability to be wrong is one of the most important virtues, and it is extremely difficult. It should be emphasized in families and schools alongside standard virtues like honesty, sharing, and kindness, starting as young as possible. Alan Levinovitz ## [Collection of Vintage User-Interfaces](https://www.swiss-miss.com/2026/07/intage-user-interfaces.html) _2026-07-10 · swissmiss · swissmiss_ Whoa! A massive archive of old-school user-interface screenshots. As a former user-interface designer, this archive definitely put a smile on my face. ## [Seth Rogen is great, Part 7! THE FINAL PIECE EXAMINING THIS TOPIC FOR NOW!](https://myqkaplan.substack.com/p/seth-rogen-is-great-part-7-the-final) _2026-07-10 · Myq Kaplan · Myq Kaplan's Arty Har-Hars_ About weed. And nuance. And probably other things. ## [We But Mirror The World](https://www.swiss-miss.com/2026/07/we-but-mirror-the-world.html) _2026-07-10 · swissmiss · swissmiss_ “We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is \[ \] ## [Marble Pillows](https://www.swiss-miss.com/2026/07/marble-pillows.html) _2026-07-10 · swissmiss · swissmiss_ View this post on Instagram A post shared by Håkon Anton Fagerås (@fageras\_sculpture) Completely in love with Norwegian artist Hakon Anton Fageras Marble Pillows. ## [The ELIZA Effect](https://zoia.org/posts/eliza-effect-and-ai/) _2026-07-10 · roberto@zoia.org (Roberto Zoia) · zoia.org_ Thanks to Daring Fireball , I discovered the Eliza Archeology site. As the site explains: ELIZA is the original and highly influential chatbot that launched the genre of human-computer interactions using text-based agents. It was created at MIT in the 1960s as part of Project MAC by it's designer and programmer, Joseph Weizenbaum. ELIZA not only allowed Weizenbaum to develop a mode of interaction… ## [Auto-trade Cross-Exchange Gaps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/C5NYZ24wsaqv) _2026-07-09 · **Sponsored**_ Find cross-exchange spreads, backtest strategies, and execute automatically with risk controls. ## [Evan Dorkin Interviewed](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/07/07/evan-dorkin-interviewed-2/) _2026-07-07 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ https://www.tcj.com/it-hasnt-really-struck-yet-that-this-is-my-life-in-a-book-evan-dorkin-talks-nerd-inferno/ ## [Seth Rogen is great, Part 6! On male friendship, the Talmud, and being the most SOMETHING!](https://myqkaplan.substack.com/p/seth-rogen-is-great-part-6-on-male) _2026-07-04 · Myq Kaplan · Myq Kaplan's Arty Har-Hars_ The most what? Read on to find out! ## [Stately Wayne Manor is up for Sale!](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/07/01/stately-wayne-manor-is-up-for-sale/) _2026-07-01 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ https://13thdimension.com/holy-real-estate-the-batman-66-wayne-manor-is-up-for-sale/ ## [Examining Errol Morris’ The Thin Blue Line](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/06/30/examining-errol-morris-the-thin-blue-line/) _2026-06-30 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_Q4DKniaiAE ## [WatchmeX – Watchmen Extreme!](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/06/29/watchmex-watchmen-extreme/) _2026-06-29 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ https://watchmex.fandom.com/wiki/WatchmeX ## [Ranking Britain’s Six Prime Ministers Since 2016](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/06/26/ranking-britains-six-prime-ministers-since-2016/) _2026-06-26 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/25/britain-six-prime-ministers-since-2016-cameron-starmer-ranked ## [Kieron Gillen Reddit AMA on The Power Fantasy](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/06/25/kieron-gillen-reddit-ama-on-the-power-fantasy/) _2026-06-25 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ https://www.reddit.com/r/thePowerFantasy/comments/1ue5zns/the\_power\_fantasy\_ama\_kieron\_gillen/ ## [One Sick Puppy](https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2026/06/24/one-sick-puppy/) _2026-06-24 · Darren · LinkMachineGo_ https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/13i4i6z/one\_sick\_puppy/ ## [The Distance between Deciding and Doing](https://www.swiss-miss.com/2026/06/the-distance-between-deciding-and-doing.html) _2026-06-23 · swissmiss · swissmiss_ The distance between deciding and doing is the single most reliable predictor of whether your life will be extraordinary or ordinary. Not talent, not circumstances, not even the quality of your decisions-but how quickly you collapse the space between intention and reality. Think of this gap as a kind of friction coefficient on your existence: \[ \] ## [The Real Revolution](https://www.swiss-miss.com/2026/06/the-real-revolution.html) _2026-06-22 · swissmiss · swissmiss_ “I still think the \[real\] revolution is to make the world safe for poetry, meandering, for the frail and vulnerable, the rare and obscure, the impractical and local and small.” Rebecca Solnit ## [My Retro TVs](https://www.swiss-miss.com/2026/06/my-retro-tvs.html) _2026-06-22 · swissmiss · swissmiss_ My Retro Tvs allows you to watch live television from different decades, as if you were currently living in that time, watching TV as normal. You can choose any year from the decades starting in the 50s, up to the 2000s. There are thousands of channels, including cartoons, sports, news, music. (The commercials alone make \[ \] ## [MediSearch](https://www.swiss-miss.com/2026/06/medisearch.html) _2026-06-22 · swissmiss · swissmiss_ I recently heard multiple friends positively mention MediSearch when having to research a symptom or illness. Definitely into this kind of use of AI. ## [Art by Luke St Leger](https://www.swiss-miss.com/2026/06/art-by-luke-st-leger.html) _2026-06-21 · swissmiss · swissmiss_ I have madly fallen in love with Luke St Leger s modular art pieces. ## [Infinite](https://www.swiss-miss.com/2026/06/infinite-2.html) _2026-06-21 · swissmiss · swissmiss_ “The market for something to believe in is infinite.” Hugh MacLeod, (Via this Seth Godin post speaking on integrity) ## [Levels of Agency](https://www.swiss-miss.com/2026/06/levels-of-agency.html) _2026-06-21 · swissmiss · swissmiss_ There are two kinds of people after dinner: Those who ask, “Can I help?” And those who are already doing the dishes. One sounds helpful. One is. This plays out on every team every day. Don t wait for permission. Do the dishes (Via Zack Klein) ## [Flawed and Complex Human](https://www.swiss-miss.com/2026/06/flawed-and-complex-human.html) _2026-06-21 · swissmiss · swissmiss_ “Next time I’m about to cast a harsh judgement on a stranger who offends me, can I allow myself instead to see them as the flawed and complex human that they are? Full of heartbreak, loss, ambition and disappointment, walking a volatile path of all the things they’ve ever failed at?” ― Kae Tempest, On \[ \] ## [Mini-apprenticeships with master artists in their studios, worldwide](https://www.swiss-miss.com/2026/06/mini-apprenticeships-with-master-artists-in-their-studios-worldwide.html) _2026-06-16 · swissmiss · swissmiss_ VAWAA makes my heart sing. Imagine traveling to spend time with an artist, where they spend time teaching you their craft. In their home. Their studio. Mini-Apprenticeships with master artists. I love what Geetika has built more than I can express with words. The care she pours into VAWAA is immense! And, most of all, \[ \] ## [Using AI for Powerful Work vs. The Road to Irrelevance](https://zoia.org/posts/ai-powerful-work-seth-goding/) _2026-06-16 · roberto@zoia.org (Roberto Zoia) · zoia.org_ Seth Godin writing about Degrees of Freedom : Professionals and organizations that use AI to save time, cut costs, and lay people off are taking a lazy road to failure and irrelevance. Those who use it to do harder, braver, and more powerful work, who figure out how to create more value and charge more for it, and who end up hiring more people to do so, will be defining our future. You can reply… ## [Vocational Awe](https://zoia.org/posts/vocational-awe-fobazi-ettarh/) _2026-06-16 · roberto@zoia.org (Roberto Zoia) · zoia.org_ Cory Doctorow in The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI , commenting on Vocational Awe , a term coined by librarian-theorist Fobazi Etthart: Vocational Awe . The process by which employees exploit their workers' sense of duty to the people they serve to get them to accept brutal working conditions. For most professionals prone to vocational awe (…) those terrible conditions include low pay.… ## [WWDC 2026: Apple doesn't sell AI. It sells features that use AI](https://zoia.org/posts/wwdc-2026-apple-annoucements/) _2026-06-09 · roberto@zoia.org (Roberto Zoia) · zoia.org_ Every year in June, Apple holds its World-Wide Developer Conference (WWDC). The event opens with Apple's WWDC keynote, where Apple executives announce major technology improvements for the Apple ecosystem both in hardware and software. As always, WWDC attracts expectations from both pundits and Apple geeks. Some things to note: John Ternus, Apple's announced next CEO, didn't appear on the…