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Turner Novak:
So when you decide, "Okay, we need to rip everything out and start over," what was the process? How did you figure out how to approach this and what to do?
Eoghan McCabe:
Well, I had the great benefit of being an outsider, because I was chairman of the board but I wasn't in an operating capacity. So, as an outsider you can make all of th... See more
So when you decide, "Okay, we need to rip everything out and start over," what was the process? How did you figure out how to approach this and what to do?
Eoghan McCabe:
Well, I had the great benefit of being an outsider, because I was chairman of the board but I wasn't in an operating capacity. So, as an outsider you can make all of th... See more
Turner Novak:
And one thing that you said when we were talking beforehand, you mentioned that basically AI is going to be better than humans at pretty much everything. It's one of those things, it sounds like a very loaded take but also an actual very down the fairway, like no doubt, software's always better than humans. Is there a certain timeline ... See more
And one thing that you said when we were talking beforehand, you mentioned that basically AI is going to be better than humans at pretty much everything. It's one of those things, it sounds like a very loaded take but also an actual very down the fairway, like no doubt, software's always better than humans. Is there a certain timeline ... See more
True in some categories but not for creative work
A Gigantic Aspect of Survival
Jerry Seinfeld identifies “taste and discernment” as the ultimate skill of the artist. “It’s one thing to create,” Seinfeld says. “The other is you have to choose. ‘What are we going to do, and what are we not going to do?’ This is a gigantic aspect of [artistic] survival,” Seinfeld continues. “It’s kind of unseen—what’... See more
Jerry Seinfeld identifies “taste and discernment” as the ultimate skill of the artist. “It’s one thing to create,” Seinfeld says. “The other is you have to choose. ‘What are we going to do, and what are we not going to do?’ This is a gigantic aspect of [artistic] survival,” Seinfeld continues. “It’s kind of unseen—what’... See more
Sometimes, You Have To Say No To Your Friends To Say Yes To Your Work
When asked, Lin-Manuel Miranda says Wait For It is the best song he’s ever written. “I was on my way to my friend’s birthday party,” Miranda explains, “when that idea showed up in my head.” He was riding the New York City A Train when “the whole chorus showed up in my head, all at... See more
When asked, Lin-Manuel Miranda says Wait For It is the best song he’s ever written. “I was on my way to my friend’s birthday party,” Miranda explains, “when that idea showed up in my head.” He was riding the New York City A Train when “the whole chorus showed up in my head, all at... See more
Where You Get More Efficient, You Get More Busy
At one point, the writer Oliver Burkeman did not have the absolutely solid lengths of time needed to write because he was “drowning in email.” In an attempt to become a more productive emailer and reduce the mental load of his inbox, Burkeman writes in his book Four Thousand Weeks, “I successfully impl... See more
At one point, the writer Oliver Burkeman did not have the absolutely solid lengths of time needed to write because he was “drowning in email.” In an attempt to become a more productive emailer and reduce the mental load of his inbox, Burkeman writes in his book Four Thousand Weeks, “I successfully impl... See more
To Give A Damn About Some Things, You Can’t Give A Damn About Everything
The Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman said that scientists, writers, programmers, mathematicians, consultants, engineers, entrepreneurs—anyone doing cognitive work—need one thing above all else to be able to do great work: “absolutely solid lengths of time.” Learnin... See more
The Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman said that scientists, writers, programmers, mathematicians, consultants, engineers, entrepreneurs—anyone doing cognitive work—need one thing above all else to be able to do great work: “absolutely solid lengths of time.” Learnin... See more