> I highly recommend talking to strangers! People are lovely. Go out and try it.

I’ve been here since 2009 and this is one of the loveliest comments I’ve read.

At face value, it may seem ‘duh!’.. but there’s a distinct aesthetic to it that resonated with me.

Perhaps the best analogy I can think of is Asimov’s philosophy about writing.

‘I want the reader to forget they are reading as if my thoughts are being transmitted directly from my brain into theirs’ [sic]

Recently, a research publication demonstrated that an LLM.. nah, not today. Sometimes knowing the underlying theory and deciding to disengage from it and just appreciate the moment is fine.

Because I can go outside my apartment here in Tokyo right now and try it. I already do, but each of us has our own unique loveliness. So I’ll keep trying. Just because.