đź’ˇ me, myself and AI
The AI gold rush is here. Companies are throwing money, power, and status at anyone who looks and smells “AI-native.” And guess who’s cashing in? Mostly men.
I’m worried about women in tech.
AI has blown this world open. Almost all pressure to write has dissipated. You can have AI do it for you, both in school and at work.
The result will be a world divided into writes and write-nots. There will still be some people who can write. Some of us like it. But the middle ground between those who are good at writing and those who can't write... See more
The result will be a world divided into writes and write-nots. There will still be some people who can write. Some of us like it. But the middle ground between those who are good at writing and those who can't write... See more
Paul Graham • Writes and Write-Nots
We have to be practiced at leaning into friction; otherwise, our drive for comfort will take over, and its inertia will drag us into motionless isolation. If what you’re after is a life of experience and depth—which, if you’ve gotten this far, I think it is—you need to seek out friction. Become familiar with the uncomfortable. Do it on purpose.
... See moreIt’s not just about “achievement”, by the way. It’s about fully meeting yourself. Truly seeing what you’re made of. Exploring all of the nooks and crannies of your being and the depths of the human experience. Seeing who you might become in the process.
If you never go through any struggle or endure anything hard to get to where you want to go and
... See moreexploring all the nooks and crannies of your being
aka you can’t skip the work, you have to show up repeatedly and put the effort in to be physically changed by what you’re doing. letting AI read or write for you just means that you’re not going to be changed. if you skip the effort, you skip the reward.
if it takes you 7 hours to read a 500 page book, you’re not changed but the 500 pages. you’re changed by the 7 hours you spent engaging with a topic/idea. (compared to asking gpt to generate the headlines that take 2 mins to read)