Chris Barber
@chrisbarber
AGI prep interviews: https://chrisbarber.co/Interviews Emotional regulation tool for relationships: https://x.com/chrisbarber/status/1927854298513428992
I did a new podcast with @dkazand about how to help others process big emotions and "feel their feelings" IMO it's a key life skill, esp for relationships, parenting, and self-integration! We did a live demo of resonance for emotional processing. It's an improvable skill!
most problems are people problems, which are really emotional regulation problems in this episode @chrisbarber teaches us a concrete skill for processing emotions with words links bellow 00:00 Intro to Chris 00:52 What even is Emotional Regulation? 03:25 Why a successful…
What drudgework do you wish AI and robots could handle for you? for example: Computer Tasks: - annual taxes incl wrangling and downloading various forms - scheduling appts with service providers or medical appts - bookkeeping / good financial management (unsubscribing from…
i wish i had an agent to help me book a flight or order food, two activities i often need help with
Jensen Huang: "every gigawatt is about $40-50 billion to Nvidia" (GTC Financial Analyst Q&A 2025) @sama: "we have signed a deal for an additional 4.5 gigawatts of capacity with oracle" "we are planning to significantly expand the ambitions of stargate past the $500 billion…
A todo list is an attempt to negotiate with a 200 million year old lizard
I asked a bunch of founders: "Who were your 1-3 most helpful angel investors?" The list: 1. Adam Smith - @asmith 2. Alex Adelman - @alexadelman 3. Alex Wu (CFO Advisors) 4. Alexandr Wang - @alexandr_wang 5. Ali Rowghani - @ROWGHANI 6. Anantha Kancherla (GM) 7. Andrés Pérez…
Now is a good time to build weird things This was partially inspired by conversations with Sam Altman 1. When the rate of change is high: 1) society needs more new examples and 2) the value of trying new things is higher 2. The rate of change is very high at the moment,…
With help from @Chris_Smeder, @JonathanHillis, @levin_phil, @devonzuegel, @damonhemmerding, @Cobylefko, @jansramek, @AustinTunnell and @davegordon14, I made this wishlist of changes that could make it easier to build more beautiful & walkable places. Somewhat ranked in order of…
Procrastination is deciding not to do something now, but feeling bad about that decision
Inner Work & Emotional Processing Starter Pack - Resources and People To Follow! i've included notes on recent tweets of theirs @RichDecibels - examples on asking for help, nature observations, Spanish retreat house @tasshinfogleman - inner work for outer work people & outer…
Resources For Modern Friend Villages / Co-Living / Co-Housing (Private Houses + Shared Common Spaces, Living Walking Distance To Your Friends & Siblings & Their Families) templates & how-to: co-housing (look for books by durrett), supernuclear newsletter (@gillianim,…
The age of transformers is ending...the dawn of linear-cost architectures is upon us. Power Attention replaces Flash Attention in any transformer, and removes the quadratic penalty of context scaling while achieving strong performance. The result: domination of both transformers…
Releasing Power Attention: manifestai.com/articles/relea…
here's a draft guide to being very empathetic (by using *resonance*) Instead of giving advice or fixing their problems when someone is venting or the conversation gets a bit emotional: Use.... Resonance! It helps others digest their emotions. It's kind of like a modified…
How would you find/get ~50 people eager to spend 2 hours practicing and experimenting with a new communication tool? The tool helps others regulate their emotions (process big feelings) using words. Esp for: People in relationships Personal growth types incl coaches San Diego…
Which aspect of your health do you most care about improving, if any? Your: