Chad Aaron Hall

Better, perhaps we can trade a large reduction in the taxation of savings and investment so that more people don’t need social security as a transfer program. The big social security reform should focus on making it financially possible for late middle age Americans to continue to work. Fix the incentives and you fix the money.

I can’t overstate how much this one helps me. I try to leave a task 90% finished at the end of a working session. It feels slightly worse than closing out the work, but it makes starting the next day 10x easier. Having a quick win when I start coding is a massive boost, and it immediately gets me into the flow state. It can’t be too easy though, if... See more

If the answers seem strange, so much the better. Great work often has a tincture of strangeness. You see this from painting to math. It would be affected to try to manufacture it, but if it appears, embrace it.

Boldly chase outlier ideas, even if other people aren't interested in them — in fact, especially if they aren't. If you're excited about... See more

Existing media companies will either need to adopt AI so they aren’t undercut by AI-first companies, or derive their value from things AI can’t replicate: appointment viewing, live events, exclusive IP, or counter-positioning as exclusively “human-made.” This is part of the reason why sports rights continue to grow more expensive. Creators will... See more