<![CDATA[Fast and Slow]]>
www.tonyportobello.com]]>https://www.tonyportobello.com/podcastSubstackWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:56:12 GMThttps://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/9106366.rssTony PortobelloepisodicTony Portobellotonyportobello@substack.comNo<![CDATA[Episode 11: In Pursuit of Joy (send help!)]]>The fact that I have managed to completely miss out any form of connection to people or community in my joy recipe is very telling already!


I don't know if you can relate, but I have a tendency to start things with all of this energy, enthusiasm and the very definition of sparking joy only to watch myself once again erode away the joy and carefree opportunities until only internal pressure and mounting imaginary expectations are left.


Here's me trying to talk myself into understanding it.



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This is me thinking that through, the things I've been reading to understand different perspectives and the questions or related fears that this seems to stem from.

Chapters
00:00 A personal AI use policy?
01:49 Reading the journal entry
05:31 Questions, not a policy
09:23 1. Future harm
10:44 2. Translation loss
12:17 3. Blindness
13:08 4. Pride loss
14:57 5. Moral laundry
16:46 6. Relationships
18:05 7. Friction
19:40 Sitting with it

Resources
Wendell Berry — Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer
https://classes.matthewjbrown.net/teaching-files/philtech/berry-computer.pdf

L.M. Sacasas — The Questions Concerning Technology
https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/the-questions-concerning-technology

Anthropic — Claude's New Constitution
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-new-constitution

The Ethics Centre — A Framework for Ethical AI
https://ethics.org.au/a-framework-for-ethical-ai/



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Aside from making awkward segues from computers to food, in this episode I talk about my connection and love of all things food, the communities that can be found around it and how it has become a sacred part of my weekly routines.

Chapters:
0:00 Berry on the body
2:14 Why it hit me
3:19 When I was a chef
4:36 Feeling lesser-than
5:38 Sunday meal prep
8:07 The market vs the supermarket
9:46 My own little world
11:01 AI is the new computer
12:29 The mushroom seller

#Foodislife #Slowliving #FoodIsLove



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Where do I look when I'm in search of meaning and purpose in a way that feels palatable now?


This is me revisiting CPR.



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This isn't me actually answering that. It's three things I've been doing so Claude supplements my thinking instead of replacing it.


Featuring a whiteboard, voice dumps into Granola, and the radical idea of doing a job manually before attempting to automate it.



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I've been attempting through this project to put into words what I think makes people stand out to me in some way - in the market and in life.

I realised that the things I have found important to invest in are things that no one really gives you points for. You don't get to write it down and get people going "oh my god, congratulations." But these are also the things that no one can really take away. And I pretty convinced that counts in a major way.



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Episode 2 is about the trap of thinking we can opt out of pain. Featuring random mentions of Wim Hof, the Matrix, and a forest green wall paint.

https://fastandslowpod.com/



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Episode 1 is me facing a few fears at once: singing on camera, existing online, and putting something into the world before it's polished.


More episodes on the way. https://www.youtube.com/@fastandslowproject



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