sparks
“things that work in practice, but wouldn’t work in theory.”
a lot of things have to emerge, bottoms up, for one to believe they are feasible.
“Life is not like formula fiction. The villain has a heart, and the hero has great flaws.”
— Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
Trust and attention are in a long dance, but only trust wins in the long run.
Seth Godin • The inevitable decline of fully open platforms
Find something important only you can build, he said, which would not exist without you. It’s inspiring enough advice on its face, which is how it’s generally taken, and how I always took it myself. But the advice requires an important, rarely considered step: introspection.
Do you even know what you’re good at? Do you even know what you believe... See more
Do you even know what you’re good at? Do you even know what you believe... See more
Slop World
The most human part of humanity is not our animal instincts nor our computer-like rationality, but our mutual social creation of meanings and values around arbitrary choices.
manage your energy > manage your time
H/t Jim Loehr
In 1984, every sneaker brand was competing to sign 21-year-old Michael Jordan. The front-runners were Converse and Adidas. Jordan wore Converse in college and during the 1984 Olympics. And in high school, he said, “My favorite shoes were Adidas.” George Raveling, an assistant coach for the 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team, had a long-standing... See more
Billy Oppenheimer • SIX at 6: A Qualitative Phenomenon, Madame Butterfly, Focusing on the Wrong Things, Training Differently, Seeing Beyond the Numbers, and the Secret of Everyone Who Has Ever Excelled
great anecdote
If you tell a friend they can now instantly create any app, they’ll probably say “Cool! Now I need to think of an idea.” Then they will forget about it, and never build a thing. The problem is not that your friend is horribly uncreative. It’s that most people’s problems are not software-shaped, and most won’t notice even when they are.
Jasmine Sun • 🌻 claude code psychosis
the idea that LLMs mean that there will be a huge increase in people writing their own code and creating their own tools seem to me utterly delusional.