kamace11

Hi! Thank you so much for sharing your story. I am so sorry you went through all of this.

I specialized in Soviet history during The Great Terror (1936-40, give or take).

How did the populace react to things like the sudden fall from grace of police leaders like Nikolai Yezhov or Genrikh Yagoda?

Did people around you seem to sincerely believe in the righteousness of what was occurring? That it was scary, but necessary for a better future?

What humor, if any, did people employ to face this sort of horror?

Thank you so much for any answers!

Curious about how AI seems to be being harnessed wide scale only for profit/to drive down labor costs. Does it have any foreseeable application in actually solving for inequality and human problems, vs. heightening them? I do believe it has the power to help a huge amount, but that it's being almost laughably applied in the wider public (taking over creative jobs, for example- one of the few professions humans take joy in).

Just spent a week in San Fran at the TechCrunch Disrupt event and it was honestly harrowing- AI company CEOs on DoD panels talking openly about when they'll need to "overcome the belief" that AI systems shouldn't be able to kill people without human input, for example... 0 meaningful panels on ethics. I get the impression that "ethics" such as they are in AI development are extremely subjective and based on the prejudices and whims of an extremely narrow set of people. Can you set me straight on that? It feels like conversation that is talked about, but never actually had.

Very grateful you guys are pioneering these sorts of treatments. I benefited immensely from a PTSD treatment originally designed for combat veterans. Your focus is great, but I hope you know that this sort of work has powerful downstream positive effects on lots of people dealing with PTSD. Thank you!!

Kind of a reach, but what about people who prefer to be alone? I've found that isolation to a certain extent is far less stressful for me than face to face interaction, for example. Would someone like that experience the opposite? (I.E., inflammatory immune response to too much socialization?)

Thank you for your response!