reading, watching & listening to
sharing a selection of things I'm reading and find thought provoking
reading, watching & listening to
an evocative, beautiful piece of writing about new york city written just after 9/11. recommended by Andy Weissman.
Embracing Paradox
Exploring the balance between opposing principles in investment, such as trust versus skepticism, patience versus urgency, and transparency versus confidentiality, emphasizing the importance of harmony in decision-making.
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From Jeff Bezos’ conversation with Lex Fridman:
... See moreIf you think about the good old days, they're mostly an illusion. Like, in almost every way, life is better for almost everyone today than it was, say, 50 years ago or 100 years ago. We live better lives, by and large, than our grandparents did and their grandparents did, and so on. And you can see
agents is such a fucking buzzword. nothing i have tried has worked well in the "abstract + precise" zone
That is: we don’t—we can’t—remember everything. Humans are at least as lossy as AI is, but the details we keep matter. Two people can attend a party and leave with entirely different impressions; 300 million can witness the same election and debate whether a fraud or landslide has occurred. A photograph says more about its creator than its subject.... See more
Jasmine Sun • 🌻 statement of purpose
