VIDEO: Looking Back On 2023

I share my thoughts on last year's main articles and go through important events for the Critical Consent newsletter

Another year over, and one in which a lot of things happened all over the world. But also an important year for this newsletter, since I finally had the courage to start treating writing as my main job. I wanted to look back on the different posts that I wrote this year, and share some of my thoughts on the experience of writing them. I also give you my perspective on writing in general, how I view this work and why I have made certain decisions for this newsletter, as well as some more honest reflections on the situation in Gaza. Also, there is a cat who totally dropped by out of its own free will.

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Below you’ll find the list of posts mentioned in the video, including timestamps for easy reference, in order of mention.

0:38 - On the Necessity of Tolerance and Inclusiveness https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/inclusiveness-speech

1:11 - Stress, Happiness, and Motivation & discussing subscriber growth: https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/stress-happiness-and-motivation

3:50 - How the Dutch Government Regulates Online Content https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/dutch-government-regulates-online-speech

6:12 - Replace all meat with plants. Problem solved. Right? https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/replace-all-meat-with-plants-problem

4:58 - Going Paid Party - Critical Consent Now Offering Paid Subscriptions https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/going-paid-party-critical-consent

6:57 - BREAKING: ChatGPT is a Ravenclaw! https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/breaking-chatgpt-is-a-ravenclaw

7:59 - Where we're going, we don't need roads https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/where-were-going-we-dont-need-roads

8:29 - Huge coincidence: Substack launches Notes, Twitter marks Substack as 'unsafe'. https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/huge-coincidence-substack-launches

8:50 - Monthly Musings - April https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/monthly-musings-april

9:29 - An ode to freedom https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/an-ode-to-freedom

10:28 - Europe: 'We Must Defend Our Values' and 'Win a Just Peace' https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/council-of-europe-we-must-defend-our-values

10:45 - Is Russia abducting Ukrainian children or rescuing them from the horrors of war? https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/is-russia-abducting-ukrainian-children

12:28 - We Passed 100 Subscribers Last Month! https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/we-passed-100-subscribers-last-month

12:56 - So why is ChatGPT a Ravenclaw? https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/so-why-is-chatgpt-a-ravenclaw

13:15 - Newsletter Update https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/newsletter-update-c5b

14:12 - How AI works - Mysterious and dangerously human https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/how-ai-works-mysterious-and-dangerously

Purposes of AI - Beneficial to society and a possible tool for social control https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/purposes-of-ai-beneficial-to-society

15:10 - Time to disconnect and reflect https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/time-to-disconnect-and-reflect

15:56 - Astonishing U.S. Election Debate Turns Violent: Who Is the Winner? https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/republican-us-election-debate-violent

17:12 - Healing Broken Connections, One Movement at a Time https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/healing-broken-connections-one-movement

18:41 - An Open Letter on Artificial Intelligence https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/cp/137683974

19:04 - The Mysterious Magic of a Well-Written Character https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/mysterious-magic-good-character

19:30 - Re: An Open Letter on Artificial Intelligence https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/re-an-open-letter-on-artificial-intelligence

19:40 - Futureproof? This Organic Farmer Says Growing Food With Empathy Is Important https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/organic-farming-growing-food-paid

21:28 - Free To Roam The Wild https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/free-to-roam-the-wild

22:09 - Microtargeting by Political Campaigns https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/cp/138582784

23:16 - Writing My Novel - Part I https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/writing-my-novel-part-i

24:59 - Dutch Election Shows Politics In Trouble https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/dutch-election-politics-trouble

Dutch Election Shows Politics In Trouble #2 https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/dutch-election-politics-trouble-2

27:22 - Overcoming Our Differences Is The Only Way Forward & Discussing my thoughts on the situation in Israel - Gaza https://roberturbaschek.substack.com/p/overcoming-our-differences

31:55 - Final words, reading out loud the final 3 paragraphs of my most recent post

34:40 - Bonus cat-related content