Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
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Software engineer Kent Beck on why creators struggle to release projects (and why people in general don't take action):
"By far the dominant reason for not releasing sooner was a reluctance to trade the dream of success for the reality of feedback."
"By far the dominant reason for not releasing sooner was a reluctance to trade the dream of success for the reality of feedback."
3-2-1: When to be patient, why we procrastinate, and the importance of early attempts
One of the misconceptions about AI is that it reduces the need for expertise. The opposite is true.
LLMs operate in a vast space of linguistic possibility: every word you input shapes what comes next. Ask it to write about walking through a city and you’ll get a generic response. But ask it to explore urban wandering in the style of Walter Benjamin... See more
LLMs operate in a vast space of linguistic possibility: every word you input shapes what comes next. Ask it to write about walking through a city and you’ll get a generic response. But ask it to explore urban wandering in the style of Walter Benjamin... See more
What matters in the age of AI is taste
I absolutely love this. It’s about YOU giving that nuance to it, and giving cues to the system
Instead of asking an implicitly judgmental question like, "Is this a person with high or low potential?" we encouraged managers to ask themselves questions like,
"What growth trajectory does each person on my team want to be on right now?" or "Have I given everybody opportunities that are in line with what they really want?" or "What growth trajecto
... See moreMy favorite quote is by Goethe: at the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to help you. The universe knows when you’re committed. All the trials and tribulations are merely tests of your commitment. Pass the test. Keep going. Even if the rest of the world ignores you, the universe sees you.
Martin Brodsky • How to Life Hack
The internet is a dialogic space. There is no consensus, no cascading of a single point of view. There is no order.
john v willshire • The Dialogic Brand
"Go deeper and weirder and make something that is so human and so strange that it can't be duplicated by an algorithm."
Richard Whittaker • Owen Egerton, Austin's Man of Letters, Leaves the Community He Loves
People choose places; places shape people; people go on to shape other people. We should be thoughtful about the kind of transformation we opt into.