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Robotics FOMO, Scaling Laws, & Technology Forecasting - Michael Dempsey: Blog

michaeldempsey.me

perspectives on funding and venture capital (VC)

wonderful definition of vc:

build out a collection of futures we believe in and use capital and time to help brilliant people accelerate and/or materialize those forecasted futures

Impatience is an expensive emotion.

Every app wants your decision in seconds. Every employer wants results this quarter. Every investment platform profits when you trade. Meanwhile, the boring investor who indexed and touched nothing decades ago owns your neighborhood. Who's winning?

The patient inherit everything the impatient leave behind.

Writing advice from Lenny Rachitsky:

If you want to have an existential breakdown, try to make each sentence an aesthetic masterpiece. Ditch the poetry and focus on clarity instead.

“Every time I think about how to write beautifully, I just get stuck and it just slows everything down.”

the art of writing

Authenticity and Life

the art of writing and business writing