The Kinkel article was super interesting to me in terms of a portrait of a person who immediately decided to support her brother no matter what. The use of passive voice for "my parents were killed" was just. yikes. Super interesting also in terms of "ok Kip has exceeded expectations but will he ever get out? Should he ever get out?" Definitely puts you into the different philosophies of incarceration like I learned in first year of law school, in criminal law (deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, punishment/just desserts). He doesn't seem dangerous anymore, seems pretty well rehabbed, was kept out of society while still dangerous (and probably won't be again so long as he doesn't go off his meds/is honest with his treating professionals about side effects he experiences). Certainly don't think prison was any kind of deterrent when he was experiencing voices in his head...so you're left with just punishment. Really good choice by the author to end with the victim who honestly had a different and in many ways richer life than he would have if he continued on his path.
I've had friends say "no one should be judged on the single worst day of their life" but if you killed 4 people and wounded 25 others....I mean idk, at what point should you come back into society?
Anyway, really liked the piece and while his Kinkel's sister was a way in in some ways it doesn't seem like she's gone all that deep on the full ramifications of what happened so closing with the victim/survivor who's spent a lot more time thinking about it all, that was a good choice.
I loved the Nvidia piece! I’m glad people are finally talking about the GPU piece of why we have all these models. And I did not know he came so close to failing multiple times. That said I’m in that industry so predisposed to be interested
The Kinkel article was super interesting to me in terms of a portrait of a person who immediately decided to support her brother no matter what. The use of passive voice for "my parents were killed" was just. yikes. Super interesting also in terms of "ok Kip has exceeded expectations but will he ever get out? Should he ever get out?" Definitely puts you into the different philosophies of incarceration like I learned in first year of law school, in criminal law (deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, punishment/just desserts). He doesn't seem dangerous anymore, seems pretty well rehabbed, was kept out of society while still dangerous (and probably won't be again so long as he doesn't go off his meds/is honest with his treating professionals about side effects he experiences). Certainly don't think prison was any kind of deterrent when he was experiencing voices in his head...so you're left with just punishment. Really good choice by the author to end with the victim who honestly had a different and in many ways richer life than he would have if he continued on his path.
I've had friends say "no one should be judged on the single worst day of their life" but if you killed 4 people and wounded 25 others....I mean idk, at what point should you come back into society?
Anyway, really liked the piece and while his Kinkel's sister was a way in in some ways it doesn't seem like she's gone all that deep on the full ramifications of what happened so closing with the victim/survivor who's spent a lot more time thinking about it all, that was a good choice.
I loved the Nvidia piece! I’m glad people are finally talking about the GPU piece of why we have all these models. And I did not know he came so close to failing multiple times. That said I’m in that industry so predisposed to be interested
Helen Shaw, go off!!