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For the 2022/23 Fantasy Premier League why don't you join my mini-league "Uguba Ndubuisi EPL"?

Joining the league couldn't be easier. Simply use the link below and you'll be added automatically after you've entered the game.

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/10gnqo

League Code: 10gnqo

Looking forward to playing against you this season!

League tables are currently being re-calculated. The table below may still contain old data.

Last updated: Sat 8 Apr 21:55 (local time)

Rank	Team & Manager	GW	TOT
1	Rice Cold Einar Ness	59	2048
2	AirlingHolland Zarrir hh	48	2026
3	Eleven Hags J T	58	2016
4	Juelz Ruelz Juelz T	58	1976
5	Mohammed bousbia Mohammed Seghir Bousbia Laiche	64	1970
6	NYAOT FC Mpho Moshane	58	1948
7	Zion City Jeffrey Motlhamme	53	1935
8	Moh ozil Mohamed Ozil	62	1927
9	The Hybrid Arukwe Gabriel	60	1896
10	Al deeb Alsharef Ahmed al kaber	52	1896
11	Vawulence FC Comrade Kodak	70	1825
12	fast-think John Akon	39	1770
13	Arsenal171 Osei Ampong	33	1756
14	Zazufc Enoch chalunda	59	1752
15	Frediiimaster Rider Fredii master	49	1752
16	Sick FC Meet Kemi	59	1750
17	JIKANBATULU UNITED Abdulsalam Isyaku	51	1731
18	Ndu FC Gideon Sitenge	40	1727
19	Canalites Jonathan Nsamba	36	1717
20	Mizta_David Adeoti Olabisi	57	1715
21	Fire � fc John Daniel	51	1701
22	kmfc moses tima	56	1699
23	AYMAN UNITED Abumuhammad sunusi	40	1695
24	phenomxl Azaman Bezalel	38	1662
25	UMMU AYMAN UNITED Muhammad Sunusi Abdulsalam	47	1660
26	GOLDUX FC Allison Gbenga	39	1642
27	AL-IZZACX FC IZZAT IZZUDDIN	28	1633
28	KANGKANG FC jonaz da real	49	1621
29	Ugubandubuisifc prince uguba Ndubuisi	42	1611
30	REAL VIPERS Jamal Victor	59	1590
31	J.Jasper Akintoye John	38	1584
32	Sparky fc Famous John	52	1571
33	AdlyFairuzMaful adly fairuz maful	50	1565
34	PoPe FC PöPë Nätïön	45	1562
35	IMN FC IDRIS MUHAMMAD NASIR	44	1556
36	GPS City Genji P.Seiha	34	1550
37	MERYKHA UNITED Abdulsalam Isyaku	42	1547
38	Saint fc San Tino	42	1536
39	Mighty Blues Kelvin Mokaya	49	1529
40	sirvee Chibueze Emewulu	50	1471
41	Joymat Farms fc Joshua Akinpelu	22	1465
42	Fairuz90 Adly Fairuz Maful	28	1424
43	Morgan FC Samuel Uduokhai	36	1399
44	Materuz killer Squad Prince Collins	56	1365
45	Obi FC � Obi Ambrose	65	1361
46	Palash fc ⭐ Victoria Achema	52	1285
47	janat lana osman	21	1019
48	El Basha Galko Yousef Sherif

Life Reimagined: AI Doomers, Writer's Block, Sci-Fi, and Tasty Meat

April 09, 2023 | Read Online

AI Doomers, Writer's Block, Sci-Fi, and Tasty Meat

Should you bet on the optimists or pessimists?

Calvin Rosser
April 09, 2023

Hello friends and welcome back to Life Reimagined, a free weekly elixir designed to make you feel good and live better.

If you're enjoying the newsletter, don't forget to spread the love by forwarding it to a friend or sharing this link for them to sign up.

✍️ I. What Really Causes Writer's Block?

I enjoyed Sasha Chapin's article: If You Have Writer's Block, Maybe You Should Stop Lying. In it, he argues that many people experiencing "writer's block" do not suffer from a lack of ideas or a problem with their creative process; instead, they're unwilling to say what they really think.

Outside of his interesting thesis about what drives blocked writers, I resonated with what he had to say about one of the challenges of being a creator who shares ideas over time.

"As you continue producing creative work, you will, for better or worse, be changing in the background. You may find that doing the things you once did is no longer congruent with your inner climate. This gives you, roughly, two choices—either you flow with who you've actually become, or you slowly descend into a hollow parody of what you once were."

In my work, I've definitely struggled to let go of ideas that used to seem important or valuable, but that no longer fit with my current inner landscape. But this tension between who you were and who you are now is part of what makes writing over time so valuable.

In the process of piecing together what you think with the written word, you have the chance to clarify and change your ideas about the world. And if you do it for long enough, you end up with a fun repository of work that reminds you of just how much your beliefs and interests have evolved over time.

🧪 II. A Sci-Fi Mind Bender

I read Quarantine by Greg Egan this week, and it blew my mind. After a sluggish start, the book becomes a fascinating tale of a sci-fi future that explores mind-bending questions about philosophy, quantum physics, and the inner complexities of the mind. Egan does a brilliant job of making many difficult hard science concepts digestible to a layman like me.

🤖 III. AI Doomers

Rapid developments in AI have elevated an eclectic class of doomers shouting about the dangers of AI. The leader of the group is Eliezer Yudkowsky, an OG in the field who focuses primarily on the alignment problem.

To learn more about what the doomers are worried about, I listened to Yudkowsky's interview with Lex Friedman and read his article: Pausing AI Developments Isn't Enough. We Need to Shut it All Down. This double hitter left me with a heavy dose of fear about the future.

As I grappled with this fear, I realized that while Yudkowsky is a smart dude who seems to be ringing the alarm bells out of genuine concern for the fate of humanity, he is ultimately a pessimist who offers very little in the realm of practical solutions that may help us correct course.

Something I've realized over the years is that pessimists like Yudkowsky often sound smarter and more persuasive than optimists. Saying that AI alignment is hard and that we're so far behind that we're setting ourselves up to be obliterated by superhuman intelligence is much more compelling than hearing someone say that we will figure it all out.

But just because an idea is persuasive and taps into primal emotions does not mean that it's correct or a productive way to think about the world.

In this case, I think the AI doomers are making the critical mistake of underestimating the ingenuity of people. Time and time again, humans have shown that when they are faced with potentially existential risks, they respond with a lot of energy and resources dedicated to finding solutions.

And those solutions don't come from the doomers who spread fear without offering practical paths forward. They often come from the optimists, the people who believe that we can create a better future and who inspire other people to work toward finding out how we do that.

As to whether the doomers or the optimists have the right approach to AI, time will tell. But for now, I'm betting on the optimists.

🥩 IV. Dry Brines

It wasn't until my late 20s that I started to enjoy cooking. What used to seem like an outsourceable waste of time slowly became a new domain for being creative and learning how to nourish my body.

This week, I picked up a new technique in Myles Snider's article about how (and why) to dry brine meat. He offers a simple practice for cooking tasty meat with a little extra prep time.

🧠 VI. Something I'm Thinking About

Reminder to self: don't be the pedant.

"The pedant delights in error rather than in truth. He reads a book of 500 pages and underlines the one misprint in it, often with glee masquerading as anger or disgust."

- Theodore Dalrymple

That's all for now. See you next Sunday.

— Cal

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