Excellent new Drexler post: when complex, true ideas spread through society, they undergo a simplification process to make them easier to understand and share; but this often strips away the conditions/qualifiers that made the idea true in the first place. https://t.co/27PHLmJmfZ https://t.co/dr1G7Kgyrb

Everyone recommends reading research papers, but few talk about how to do it effectively. Like any skill, it gets easier with time, but starting out can be daunting. It helps to know that the struggles you face are common, and that there are ways to overcome them. I wrote about my approach to reading technically dense... See more

what do prototypes prototype?

This about how we build. Prototype for 1x means that we need to try lots of ideas. Some will work, most won’t. That’s ok, we’re trying to test ideas and iterate fast to figure out what the right solutions are.