Humans In The Loop
What it means to be human in an AI-built world
Britt Gage and
Humans In The Loop
Part of the problem with the Lean Startup mindset is that it sees life and work as an optimization problem. The point is to help people live a good life, not just an efficient life. The goal is human flourishing, not convenience. The goal is a good future, not just a technically advanced future.
Things I'm thinking about
Reasoning by analogy, or copying what others are doing, is sort of like being a cover band where you’re playing somebody else’s music. Whereas with first-principles thinking, you go back to the fundamental raw materials of music, which are the notes, and then you build an original song from scratch. That is first-principles thinking.
Lenny Rachitsky • First-Principles Thinking
What if instead of setting quantitative goals, I focused on how I wanted to feel on the other side?
In the case of my OneNote course, I wanted to end each day feeling productive, proud, and confident that I’d covered each lesson extensively.
The change was immediate. Some days, I felt especially creative and filmed ten videos in a row. On other... See more
In the case of my OneNote course, I wanted to end each day feeling productive, proud, and confident that I’d covered each lesson extensively.
The change was immediate. Some days, I felt especially creative and filmed ten videos in a row. On other... See more
Superhuman
Setting human goals can remind us the work we’re actually meant to be doing.
When someone acts in a surprising way, we can begin to understand by wondering what they might be afraid of.
When in doubt, look for the fear
Inspiration is a productivity multiplier, but it’s perishable. Act quickly.
100 Simple Truths
#6 — Automated Delegation
In order to delegate something today you need to describe the project, or your goals, to your assistants. There are different ways to do this:
But what if AI could automatically identify tasks that were able to be delegated to your... See more
In order to delegate something today you need to describe the project, or your goals, to your assistants. There are different ways to do this:
- Text/typing → Slowest
- Voice → Fastest/easiest
- Loom videos → Adds the most context
But what if AI could automatically identify tasks that were able to be delegated to your... See more
Michael Houck • World Class Delegation (from a Unicorn Founder)
Jonathan Swanson of Athena on delegation
“Technology alone is not enough—it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our heart sing.”
Evan Armstrong • Want to Build? Technical Excellence Won’t Be Enough.
Steve Jobs
You walk down your high street. What do you prefer to see there? The economist will say: Walmart, Best Buy, the Gap. Scale economies — cheaper prices — better for “consumers”! But the human being will say: an independent cafe, a good bookshop, a boutique clothing store. Why? Because they offer many things that mega scale organizations don’t.
Sari Azout • 10 things worth sharing this week
What I call temporal curiosity is the practice of actively directing our curiosity across time – past, present, future – to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves, others, and the world around us.
Past curiosity. Directing our curiosity towards the past can help us understand our origins and learn from history. By exploring past experiences from... See more
Past curiosity. Directing our curiosity towards the past can help us understand our origins and learn from history. By exploring past experiences from... See more
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Temporal Curiosity: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future
Getting curious is being human