Adam Engst
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Adam Engst
Run as many miles a week as you can without compromising your overall physical and mental health, relationships, and other pursuits that are important to you. Most of it (~70-80%) should be relatively easy. The other 20-30% should be challenging but within yourself. Finish most of your workouts feeling like you could do another rep or two or go a... See more
Mario Fraioli's Secrets to Becoming a Better Runner - the morning shakeout
Bringing goodwill to the conversation
Education is distinct from learning. Organized education is a form of indoctrination and certification. Sometimes it leads to learning, but not always.
You can win at education by figuring out what’s on the test (or what the boss wants) and parroting it back. In fact, that’s the easiest way to do so.
Learning is... See more
Education is distinct from learning. Organized education is a form of indoctrination and certification. Sometimes it leads to learning, but not always.
You can win at education by figuring out what’s on the test (or what the boss wants) and parroting it back. In fact, that’s the easiest way to do so.
Learning is... See more
Seth Godin • Bringing Goodwill to the Conversation
Casual cruelty
Is it okay to dress your cat in a ridiculous costume?
What about giving a poodle a haircut that subjects him to ridicule?
The cat and the dog probably don’t know or care, but we think less of their person if it happens.
At Disney, the costumed characters need security guards. Kids (and more often) adults would bother or even pinch the... See more
Is it okay to dress your cat in a ridiculous costume?
What about giving a poodle a haircut that subjects him to ridicule?
The cat and the dog probably don’t know or care, but we think less of their person if it happens.
At Disney, the costumed characters need security guards. Kids (and more often) adults would bother or even pinch the... See more
Seth Godin • Casual Cruelty
Resilience is a practice
It’s easy to imagine that we should do our work and then, when it doesn’t work as we hope, improvise to fix it.
But perhaps our work is to show up ready and willing to deal with a future we didn’t expect.
I keep writing about it because we all need to keep thinking about it. Especially me.
My friend Ava curated this list:
It’s easy to imagine that we should do our work and then, when it doesn’t work as we hope, improvise to fix it.
But perhaps our work is to show up ready and willing to deal with a future we didn’t expect.
I keep writing about it because we all need to keep thinking about it. Especially me.
My friend Ava curated this list:
Resilience is a practice
Notes to myself
- The system can be changed and normal is not permanent
- Find the smallest viable audience
- Pick your customers, pick your future
- Outdated maps might be worth less than no map at all
- Reliability is a superpower
- There are no side effects, merely effects
- There’s usually an opportunity to be of service
- Silence is an option, and so is leadership
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Seth's Blog • Notes to Myself
Productivity, AI and pushback
Typesetters did not like the laser printer. Wedding photographers still hate the iphone. And some musicians are outraged that AI is now making mediocre pop music.
One group of esteemed authors is demanding that book publishers refuse to use AI in designing book covers, recording audiobooks or a range of other tasks.
As... See more
Typesetters did not like the laser printer. Wedding photographers still hate the iphone. And some musicians are outraged that AI is now making mediocre pop music.
One group of esteemed authors is demanding that book publishers refuse to use AI in designing book covers, recording audiobooks or a range of other tasks.
As... See more
Seth's Blog • Productivity, AI and Pushback
Trusting AI
For generations, humans have been entrusting their lives to computers. Air Traffic Control, statistical analysis of bridge resilience, bar codes for drug delivery, even the way stop lights are controlled. But computers aren’t the same as the LLMs that run on them.
Claude.ai is my favorite LLM, but even Claude makes errors. Should we wait... See more
For generations, humans have been entrusting their lives to computers. Air Traffic Control, statistical analysis of bridge resilience, bar codes for drug delivery, even the way stop lights are controlled. But computers aren’t the same as the LLMs that run on them.
Claude.ai is my favorite LLM, but even Claude makes errors. Should we wait... See more
Seth Godin • Trusting AI
Searchable Mind Map of All System Settings for macOS 26.1 (Tahoe)
The mind map you see below was created to help you search System Settings, since the built-in search is hit-or-miss. Use ⌘-F in your browser to search, and then use the zoom out button to get situational awareness of where Apple buried that particular setting. Here’s a perfect... See more
The mind map you see below was created to help you search System Settings, since the built-in search is hit-or-miss. Use ⌘-F in your browser to search, and then use the zoom out button to get situational awareness of where Apple buried that particular setting. Here’s a perfect... See more