My son taught me that one of the greatest values of early Greco/Roman culture was that of hospitality. The God of Zeus, the primary deity, was actually considered the god of hospitality. In a world now of locked doors, alarms, and unknown neighbors that feels like a distant concept. We are now putting values like equity or fairness at the top, when the ancient world attributed an incredible amount of respect for treating strangers and guests with dignity. Very interesting. Guy
Day 337 – Principle Artifact Confusion
The author draws a parallel between the barefoot running craze and the current hype around AI coding tools, highlighting the danger of “Principle–Artifact Confusion.” This occurs when a sophisticated practice is reduced to a product, and the product is then mistaken for the underlying principle that made the original practice successful. The article emphasizes that AI should amplify good fundamentals, not replace them.
