Chad Aaron Hall
@readordieaslave
Edgewalker
Chad Aaron Hall
readordieaslave.substack.com
• Aim to be effective, but unpredictable. That is, you want to act in a way that AIs have trouble modeling or imitating. That makes you irreplaceable.
Kevin Kelly • 101 Additional Advices
And this is the big point – there’s an asymmetry between the people who have interesting experience and insight on any particular topic, and the people who get the attention.
It holds true in every arena. Every company. Every creative project. Attention flows like water towards a few people at the front. But for every CEO, or lead actor, or author,... See more
It holds true in every arena. Every company. Every creative project. Attention flows like water towards a few people at the front. But for every CEO, or lead actor, or author,... See more
Ethan • How to Write Stuff No One Else Can
In 1997, Peterborough, NH (pop. 6,284), received a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Project Impact Grant for hazard mitigation.
The town used some of the funding to begin building a GIS—documenting past hazards; assessing current hazards, such as potential flood areas; and inventorying critical assets, such as its water and sewer systems.
The town used some of the funding to begin building a GIS—documenting past hazards; assessing current hazards, such as potential flood areas; and inventorying critical assets, such as its water and sewer systems.
Success Story: A Small Town Uses Technology in Big Ways
Instead of asking "How can I get people to pay?" start asking "How can I become indispensable to my readers?"
Wes Pearce • I Talked to 21 Substack Bestsellers. Here's the 7 Things They Do Differently.
And Donald Trump told them they are right. His prepared comments for a rally last August in West Bend, Wisconsin, north-west of Milwaukee, said this:
I am fighting for you. When we talk about the insider, who are we talking about? It’s the comfortable politicians looking out for their own interests. It’s the lobbyists who know how to insert that... See more
The great American fallout: how small towns came to resent cities ...
No Tax on Overtime Pay
I have a hard time keeping my equanimity on this one, because the incentives are so awful.
The natural response is, instead of working 8 hours a day 40 days a week, ask your boss to work 15 hours a day two days a week and 10 the other day. Or just go on two 20 hour shifts.
I have a hard time keeping my equanimity on this one, because the incentives are so awful.
The natural response is, instead of working 8 hours a day 40 days a week, ask your boss to work 15 hours a day two days a week and 10 the other day. Or just go on two 20 hour shifts.
Tax talk
Movie talk is mimicking a character from a movie or series—or possibly even from a book—as a way to present oneself as socially appropriate. The level of imitation can go further than just repetition of words though. For instance, autistic people that are less able to function may mimic the words, while a more functional autistic person practically... See more
Autism & movie talk | Embrace Autism
Since then, both Chen's and Franklin's salaries are back to normal, and Gravity repaid them their lost wages that they had voluntarily given up.
CBS News • CEO on why giving all employees minimum salary of $70,000 still "works" six years later: "Our turnover rate was cut in half"
“Entertaining” does kind of work—albeit entertaining in the way a car crash is, where you can’t look away. But I don’t think it’s specific enough. It’s not the real measurable angle. Instead, what I think is that if you look at America from around a decade ago, say, 2012 on, the more apt descriptor is that American culture is increasingly unable to... See more