Chad Aaron Hall
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Edgewalker
Chad Aaron Hall
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Elon Musk learned to “know your business from A to Z,” surprising experts by recalling deep technical details about parts and costs in other people’s specialties.
It's the only way to bring some positive energy to politics4. Not about right or left or ideologies writ in stone, but about competence. Building something meaningful and bulldozing what's in your way to get it done5. This is a strong positive vision of what the world could be, and it needs a champion. We should embrace it.
People want competence, seemingly over everything else
And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave
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The zimbaldoni (which sound very much like commonplace books were effective at increasing the visibility of an author and helping to spread their work.
People would copy passages, share them with others, and they would in turn copy them.
I'm reminded of:
- social media (on a good day)
- ripped CDs
- mixtapes
- PDFS
- photocopies
- file-sharing like Napster
As Donald Knuth put it: “Ai has by now succeeded in doing essentially everything that requires ‘thinking’ but has failed to do most of what people and animals do without thinking …”
What do we have left that is ours and ours alone? Sensorimotor skills that are all but automatic, yes. Consciousness, yes. Emotions. Instinct. Appetites, impulses and... See more
What do we have left that is ours and ours alone? Sensorimotor skills that are all but automatic, yes. Consciousness, yes. Emotions. Instinct. Appetites, impulses and... See more
In the Know: The Classic Guide to Being Cultured and Cool by Nancy MacDonnell
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Henry and the Clubhouse by Beverly Cleary, Tracy Dockray
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Thiel was right. By the end of February 2000, the two sides were looking at a 55/45 merger. Levchin was still unhappy but told Thiel that he would reluctantly accept it. That was the case until, on a visit to X’s offices, Musk told Levchin that Confinity was getting “a f**king deal.”
“My blood just boiled, and so I thought, it’s off ,” Levchin... See more
“My blood just boiled, and so I thought, it’s off ,” Levchin... See more
Twitter’s Future Is a Return to Elon Musk’s Past
Plaque after plaque revealed a similar pattern: an individual, usually an immigrant, arrived in Galveston, participated successfully in some kind of industry and then took a portion of their wealth to build this beautiful home. These homes anchored the small town with a sense of distinction and pride, as well as visual appeal. The architecture of... See more