Imagine you're in a relationship with someone who's been through so much suffering in the past, that they now hurt/abuse you (doesn't matter what type of trauma or abuse it is for this example), either as a defence mechanism, or as a control mechanism, or as a preemptive strike type deal.
You have no way of changing/helping them because they do not want to let you in.
Even in this scenario, where we may be able to empathise, the "why" doesn't matter. What matters is that, at the end of the day, they're abusing you.
If you ask me, Musk doing the Nazi salute is even more clear cut than this. We all know exactly who Nazis were, are, and will be, what's behind that one gesture. Even if it were performed by a kid with no context of the world, it's still a Nazi salute. The intent doesn't matter, because the meaning has been defined waay before the performer's intent even comes into play.
And even if he claims that "because he's a Fascist" (which he is) wasn't the intent behind it, that should only make him, the Tech Bro of Tech Bros, the man with enough resources to friggin' buy half the schools, libraries and teachers in the world, look that much more stupid, ignorant, insensitive, immature, and stupid (yes, I said that twice).
Edit: another, personal example would be my reticence to make the peace symbol because it was so heavily co-opted by Nixon. I'm not saying he managed to fully corrupt it, but he did manage to leave an indelible fecal stain on it as I see it.
This, and all the more nowadays, because anything progressive has been intrinsically linked to a change of the Status Quo. And those trillions of fun bucks in the mattress (as well as their self-importance and self-perceived relevance) must be protected from those pesky Socialists!
Yep, totally no biggie that Fascism's now thoroughly rooted in a Superpower nation and that millions of people are, yet again, being persecuted because rich douchebags think themselves kings. Just a regular Tuesday.
Melatonin helps me sort of "enforce" a bed time. Whenever I realise I'm itchin' for a binge, I pop 5mg of melatonin and I'm dozy within 30-45 minutes. And it's not the full system shutdown you get with sleeping pills, it just brings about that organic "need to sleep now, will continue tomorrow" feeling.
Also, aging "helps." I'm in my mid 30s and have noticed that my bed time has become progressively earlier - used to pull 6 hours of sleep (usually 2AM-8AM) without issues in my late 20s, now I feel almost hungover if I don't get my 8 hours and/or wake up after 8AM, and need to compensate with naps for about a week.
I haven't needed to wake up earlier than 7AM regularly for over a decade, though, so YMMV with these specifics. But I still do recommend giving melatonin a shot. The only caveat I have for it is that it may mess with your blood sugar levels, so 100% consult a physician beforehand if you have such issues.
Imho, the most important trait a good manager can have is humility - by this I mean they don't let that management position go to their head and realise that everyone's in the same pot, they have the capacity to admit when they're in the weeds in terms of knowledge and are not afraid to ask for clarifications or to let someone else take the wheel in specialty aspects (and not as an excuse to stay ignorant), and that they're not the most important person in the team, the entire team is.
Besides that, transparency in all things, empathy (we're all people with people stuff going on in the background), honesty, diplomacy, genuine curiosity, a capacity to see the forest for the trees, the courage to put their foot down when absolutely needed (mostly to defend the team), accountability, doesn't micromanage but instead encourages their teammates to develop both their skills and confidence in their skills.
As I see it, a management position should exist to help the team, not lead it. People usually know what they're doing (most of the time even better than the manager), so the manager should ensure that they're working on providing things which are in lesser supply within the team (eg. can function as a spokesperson, simplifies the processes in order to remove needless time sinks, can ideally act as a quasi-therapist for all things work related, keeps track of the big picture, helps structure the workload in a rational manner, etc.).
Edit: oh, and this is a personal favourite of mine, is not afraid of saying that the ship's sinking when it is. Again, working for what's best for their teammates.
This would imply that they're not surrounded by other pots filled with water which is (varying degrees of) boiling. We don't really have a Socialist Utopia meeting spot, let's say.
Beyond that, eloping requires a not insignificant amount of money (as a Romanian, I can say that homes/apartments aren't cheap here, either, and we're not exactly L.A.)
And at the other end of the line, immigration's not exactly thought of with fondness, even in Europe. Don't forget, we're stewing in our own pot even if the heat's still relatively tolerable.
Wouldn't go so far as calling it a work of art, but I remember this one time in 9th or 10th grade when our Plastic Arts (technically a general overview of art history and practical exercises for techniques, practically it was just painting whatever, in various shapes and sizes) teacher had us paint religious iconography on slabs of wood. Saints, to be more specific.
I won't touch upon how utterly pissed my mother was at having to hunt down an ~A4 sized plank within a week (this was before the prevalence of Hyperstores). The thing just came out looking... wrong... It was supposed to be St. George, I believe, and it came out looking like an emaciated and woefully distraught Gandalf the Grey with a spotlight shining in from behind.
I remember this one being extra-bad because, besides basically having had no real training in painting throughout grade school, the subject matter in itself spoke nothing to me. I wasn't absolutely horrible, as I used to do a lot of sketching and developed a relatively neat hand by that time, but I was thoroughly within the "exorcise your trauma through drawing biomechanical mutilations" phase of my artistic development, let's call it.
It was also the first time when being creative felt like a horrid chore.
Edit: there is no evidence of said work, because I threw it away the instant I got home. As an agnostic, I get the feeling both God and St. George would have agreed with me...
If you're talking about AGI, potentially any form of art would be at its grasp, maybe even some which may not necessarily look like art to us.
If you're talking about the generative models of today, they are incapable of producing art, because they are incapable of emotional intent and expression.
Even Warhol was driven by disdain, and the ironically arty bit was how sort of stripped of art his art was as a result of his disdain.
I genuinely think that's a noble sentiment and I share that concern. However, this would entail making a deal with the Devil at this point, and pretty much literally.
Most if not all relevant models nowadays are owned by outwardly unscrupulous people, which means any correct interaction we have with their models only serves to build up the Devil's throne.
It is a downright tragedy that people will suffer as a result of said models, but that fault is not on us. Besides the fact that they're essentially stealing labour and data in order to train their models, they're also using them to dish out propaganda, to replace workers and throwing them in a ditch, to cause yet another financial bubble which'll flush the toilet when it inevitably pops - again.
We need to let them fail, otherwise we are just encouraging others to use us in the same exact ways.
This.
Imagine you're in a relationship with someone who's been through so much suffering in the past, that they now hurt/abuse you (doesn't matter what type of trauma or abuse it is for this example), either as a defence mechanism, or as a control mechanism, or as a preemptive strike type deal.
You have no way of changing/helping them because they do not want to let you in.
Even in this scenario, where we may be able to empathise, the "why" doesn't matter. What matters is that, at the end of the day, they're abusing you.
If you ask me, Musk doing the Nazi salute is even more clear cut than this. We all know exactly who Nazis were, are, and will be, what's behind that one gesture. Even if it were performed by a kid with no context of the world, it's still a Nazi salute. The intent doesn't matter, because the meaning has been defined waay before the performer's intent even comes into play.
And even if he claims that "because he's a Fascist" (which he is) wasn't the intent behind it, that should only make him, the Tech Bro of Tech Bros, the man with enough resources to friggin' buy half the schools, libraries and teachers in the world, look that much more stupid, ignorant, insensitive, immature, and stupid (yes, I said that twice).
Edit: another, personal example would be my reticence to make the peace symbol because it was so heavily co-opted by Nixon. I'm not saying he managed to fully corrupt it, but he did manage to leave an indelible fecal stain on it as I see it.