Finding my North Star in an Uber - by Sam Smith - Samstack
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What's in a name?
I got into a taxi the other night and felt particularly sociable. The driver also happened to be called Sam so we hit it off instantly. I decided to get to know him: “do you live locally?”, “what do you love about Berkeley?” My last post explained the burning need I had to be in the Bay working on reducing risks from transformative AI and the sacrifices I’ve had to make along the way. Since I’ve got to Berkeley, I’ve wanted to figure out what makes it home for people. For me, it’s been a collection of buildings rather than anything else. Rows of buildings organised into carefully formatted…
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