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My rule of thumb for project managers is that if it takes longer than two weeks to get into the field, you need to scale it back and go smaller. Think you’ll eventually want to do this at scale with a letter, but the mail room is backed up?
Matt Wallaert • Start at the End: How to Build Products That Create Change
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This is the scientific method at its most basic. Holmes goes a step further. He applies the same principle to human beings: a Holmesian disciple will, “on meeting a fellow-mortal, learn at a glance to distinguish the history of the man and the trade or profession to which he belongs. Puerile as such an exercise may seem, it sharpens the faculties o
... See moreMaria Konnikova • Mastermind
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The complexity and unrelatedness of this second crime do the opposite of deterring him. They engage him and invite him to learn more.
Maria Konnikova • Mastermind
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Every model, whether LLM or ML, will operate best if it is focused and specializes in specific conclusions it is trying to make. For example, I will make ChatGPT bots for very specific parts of my research, reading, and trading processes. Create specialized bots and models, then structure them hierarchically. The goal is to run a suite of bots, mod
... See moreCapital Flows • AI & the New Age of Learning
Curiosity: Questions are the answer to improving curiosity. Before you start reading or learning anything, ask yourself motivational questions. Most people ask questions that don’t move them to action.
Kevin Horsley • Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
Happy friends make you 15 percent more likely to be happy too. Even if a friend of a friend of a friend becomes happier, there is a 6 percent chance you will become happier.
Eric Barker • Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
Most large language models (LLMs) rely on reinforcement learning (RL) to refine how “helpful and harmless” they sound. Notoriously, OpenAI has used cheap labor in Kenya to label and filter toxic outputs, fine-tuning its models to produce more acceptable language.
DeepSeek R1 took a different path: Instead of focusing on sounding right, it zeroes in
... See moreEvan Armstrong • What Actually Matters (And What Doesn’t) for DeepSeek
China’s sixth five-year plan (1981–85) was the first to be instituted after Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping opened up the Chinese economy. Although the document ran to more than 100 pages, nearly all of it was devoted to developing China’s industrial sector, expanding international trade, and advancing technology; only a single page was given to the t
... See moreZongyuan Zoe Liu • China’s Real Economic Crisis
Minimal Focus on Household Consumption in China's Five-Year Plans: China's Five-Year Plans have historically prioritized industrial growth and infrastructure development over household consumption. This approach aimed to rapidly transform the economy into a global manufacturing powerhouse, often at the expense of consumer spending. As a result, while China's economy grew significantly, the emphasis on boosting domestic consumption has only recently gained attention in policy discussions.
took a lot of people a long time to recognize that a major change had taken place in the bond-stock relationship, and even longer to understand why.