I’m having a few discussions with my Latin artist friends on Stable diffusion, automation disappearing jobs, inner fears, and such.

Rather than wasting time on social media, my idea is to learn, to get to a knowledge level of a ‘better life’ (whatever that is), or at least exercise a dialogue and perhaps a debate. Since everyone is discussing different reasons and motivations, this is a phrase I like to remind before the talk gets violent.

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. They’re either speaking or preparing to speak. They’re filtering everything through their own paradigms, reading their autobiography into other people’s lives.

It’s exciting to spend time discussing with strangers and with friends, which has happened for ages, even before the Internet TM. With due moderation is a good hobby, but that’s the tricky part. Not getting engaged with an ideology showing our own weaknesses disguised as knowledge and beliefs.

tl;dr Enjoy the discussion, be kind, be empathic, and choose your battles wisely 😁!