alex
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curious librarian
alex
Why the most profitable creators in 2026 will be identity-shapers, not experts
Iva G. Biz + Human Designopen.substack.com
There should be ‘general managers’ for more of the world’s important problems
Nan Ransohoffopen.substack.com
If you're anything like me, you think new years resolutions are stupid.
Because most people go about changing their lives in the completely wrong way. They create these resolutions because everyone else does – we create a superficial meaning out of status games – but they don’t meet the requirements for true change, which goes a lot deeper than
... See moreThis is one reason I’ve been anchoring the other end of my thinking distillation column with paper notebooks. I’m filling them up at like 10x my rate from before AI (XL Moleskine fills up in 3 months instead of 2-3 years these days). LLMs are most naturally one-shotting tools. They’re best as either one-shot probe, or a series of such probes (think... See more
Venkatesh Raosubstack.comMy professional imposter syndrome is never louder than right after I’ve finished building someone else’s bones from scratch. Jealousy prickles whenever I spend too much time online, watching people do things and make things that I wish I’d done or made. There are also a thousand moments every day when I am gut-punched with contentment, when it... See more