alex
@alexwastaken
curious librarian
alex
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
We want to compound attention, technology, and taste in this one house. AI gives creatives so much leverage—20 weird creatives can each build their own little empire. There are just very few people who can hold these tensions: I need to get attention, I need to break through the noise, I have taste, I’m interested in technology.
There’s optimism in the air. Sourdough’s warming in the oven. French butter is soft, ready to be spread. You’ve got some smoked sockeye salmon. The smell of citrus is in the air. Breakfast is a blessing.
Bill Burr’s advice will banish anxiety from your life:
“You’re gonna be fine. And even if you’re not gonna be fine, isn’t it better to just exist thinking you’re gonna be fine. And then when it’s not fine you can just f*cking handle it then.”
One of my favorite prompts lately:
What do you need from me to do this well?