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maivjj··on Sorry, Mad Men. The Ad Revolution Is Here
Both the creatives in media (all forms - ads, news, sports, movies, radio, tv, games etc) and the ad tech crowd don't talk about barely growing global disposable income. Meanwhile they are furiously producing more and more content (ie real estate for ads).

What happens when production outpaces consumption or supply over shoots demand? Naturally hiring will slow, mergers and consolidation, cost cutting via relying on tech and more automation.

We have sort of peaked in how much people's Attention can be milked. In both time and cash. They just don't like talking about it.

maivjj··on Ask HN: How do you pick between different OpenAI LLMs?
The diff only matters if you are relying on them 24x7 to generate revenue in your own daily business or something. For generic infrequent questions, it doesn't matter much.
maivjj··on Hypothalamic deep brain stimulation augments walking after spinal cord injury
Wow! What a process. Thanks for the explanation.
maivjj··on Ask HN: Do you believe we are in a particularly chaotic time period?
Having faced some personal chaos in life I don't think its more or less chaotic.

Its just the information overload environment produces more triggers. Reduce news and social media off consumption and it feels much less chaotic.

Info overload especially constantly looking at problems above the pay grade/skill level are just going to screw with the head.

Think about your first job, did you try to understand or solve everything the team faced when there was chaos? Initially you might try, but over time you settle into a role where you fit and tune other things out.

These days whenever I feel the urge go down some social media/news generated rabbit hole, I just open Khan Academy or ChatGPT and start talking/looking up some solved problem. Not the unsolvable stuff. It turns out more satisfying than consuming news or social media stuff. Other option is a good game. Changes my mood a lot.

maivjj··on Hypothalamic deep brain stimulation augments walking after spinal cord injury
Why did they choose Hypothalamus? I vaguely remember being taught it controlled temperature regulation.