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David Mamet Memo to "The Unit" Writing Staff

David Mamet's memo provides guidelines for the writing staff of the TV show "The Unit" regarding the importance of drama, storytelling, and creating engaging scenes that advance the plot.

screencraft.org

great writing style. ALL CAPS. shouting on the page.

Land of the Giants on Apple Podcasts

podcasts.apple.com

research as leisure activity

Celine Nguyen personalcanon.com

Ilya Sutskever – We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research

Dwarkesh Patel dwarkesh.com

The book that got me in love with fiction again

Agency Among Agents: Designing with Hypertextual Friction in the Algorithmic Web

arxiv.org

it's my party and i'll use AI if i want to

wildbarestepf.substack.com

Things we learned about LLMs in 2024

Simon Willison simonwillison.net

Backseat Software – Mike Swanson's Blog

blog.mikeswanson.com