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Sketchplanations - A weekly explanation in a sketch
What accounts for this hesitation? Why do we love committers but act like browsers? I think it’s because of three fears. First, we have a fear of regret: we worry that if we commit to something, we will later regret having not committed to something else. Second, we have a fear of association: we think that if we commit to something, we will be... See more
Pete Davis • Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing
# scheduling workloads to run on humans
Some computational workloads in human organizations are best "run on a CPU": take one single, highly competent person and assign them a task to complete in a single-threaded fashion, without synchronization. Usually the best fit when starting something new. Comparable to "building... See more
Andrej Karpathyx.comPig and Chicken are walking down the road. Chicken says, “Hey, Pig, I was thinking we should open a restaurant!” “Maybe,” says Pig. “What would we call it?” “How about Ham-’n’-Eggs?” Pig thinks for a moment, then says, “No, thanks. I’d be committed, but you’d only be involved.”