alex
@alexwastaken
curious librarian
alex
My baseline case is that the AI being built right now is overrated; soon it will be a disappointment; then it will be a bubble; and, by the 2030s, it will be world-changing.
Self-driving cars are a model for this.
- In 2015, I heard autonomy was 5 years away from taking over the roads.
- In... See more
DKThompx.com
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the companies that have a reputation for building the best products of this generation—Slack, Figma, Superhuman, Notion, and Linear—are basically new versions of successful predecessors. These companies didn’t distract themselves with four-step strategic maneuvers or clever wedges into a new category that they... See more
Benn Stancil • Why Are We Surprised That Startups Are So Freaking Hard?
founder's mentality and Startup Advice
the strategy was to do the work
... See moreRaising a child puts you in touch, deeply, inescapably, daily, with some pretty heady issues: What is love and how do we get ours? Why does the world contain evil and pain and loss? How can we discover dignity and tolerance? Who is in power and why? What’s the best way to resolve conflict? If we want to give an AI any major responsibilities, then
"Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work." - Gustave Flaubert
