Hunter Gatherer 21C

Wellness

M-E-D-S is our core strategy, meditation, exercise, diet and sleep.

M is meditation. Taking some time out. A walk. A book. A classic ‘OM’ meditation. A time of quiet, of solitude, of nature, of planet earth, of gratitude. Certainly a time with minimum distractions and pulls in your synapses.

Regular meditation will support better sleep. Better sleep will allow deeper and more profound meditation.

TBC

Wellness

M-E-D-S is our core strategy, meditation, exercise, diet and sleep.

S is sleep. Sleep debt is a slow but sure debilitator of our best efforts. Don’t accept anything less than a great night’s sleep. Do you need to adjust the room temperature? Less late night screen time? A good book to induce drowsiness? More exercise and meditation during the day? Improved task management to ensure worries don’t bubble to the surface at 3 am? Decide to tackle it. Try serious goal of waking naturally with the alarm only as a back-up; that way you know you have had the prefect amount of sleep.

TBC

Reading and writing is what we do.

I do it; you do it; we do it.

For your sanity, read widely and deeply. For your continued sanity in a crazy world, write.

Write long, write deep. Write for you, write for others.

Don that toga with Michael Wade

How Not to Say, AI Killed my Job.

It is clear that many of us are anxious about the rapid changes Artificial Intelligence (AI) is bringing to our careers. Some of us have ‘played’ a little with one of the AI applications, and we have read the articles that suggest scenarios from ‘nothing to fear: it’s a joke’ to ‘the end of civilisation as we know it’.

This handbook is about clarity: of the coming revolution and our defence.

Once you have read this companion (and it should take you no longer than 55 minutes) you will (1) be AI literate i.e. you will understand the terms and their implications e.g. Large Language Model (2) understand why this threat to jobs is a serious one and (3) most importantly, you will have seven strategies to help you preserve (or change) your career by using AI’s strengths and exploiting its weaknesses.

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How to Beat ChatGPT.

1. Please Please Me (1963) The major hit that established the classic Beatles sound and launched Beatlemania.
2. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) The opening chord which became iconic and a song which captured their buoyant energy and sharp wit.
3. Yesterday (1965) Paul’s solo and string-accompanied ballad showed their growing sophistication and became one of the most covered songs ever; The Guinness Book of Records claims 1600 times and with efforts from Joan Baez to Liberace.
4. Norwegian Wood (1965) Introduced the sitar to rock music and marked their transition into experimental territory.
5. Tomorrow Never Knows (1966) The revolutionary use of tape loops, backwards recording, and Eastern philosophy created ground-breaking material that influenced psychedelic rock.
6. A Day in the Life (1967) The epic finale that showcased their studio innovation and formulated the concept album.
7. Come Together 1969) The last great collaborative effort, with surreal lyrics and a groove that influenced countless rock songs.

The selection spans their evolution from pop sensations to studio innovators, each representing a different phase of their influence on popular music. The list might-of course-have been cut many different ways; what a catalogue from which to select.