Jake
@jake
writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
jakeweber.net
What you don’t want to happen is unsustainable stress, or for people to not share failure or tell you when you’re wrong. So you need to actively fight this as the leader by: a) asking for dissent (“does everyone agree this is the right path? Does anyone disagree”? and letting a silence hang until someone speaks) b) reward debate.
Sam Gerstenzang • Operating well – what I learned at Stripe
What project would you be happy to devote 50 years of your life to, despite (or because of) it only being 10% done when you die?
Ht @hannu @gwern and Antoni Gaudi for inspiring the question
michael_nielsenx.comMax Heald
maxheald.com
“As I said, to put our faith in tangible goals would seem to be, at best, unwise. So we do not strive to be firemen, we do not strive to be bankers, nor policemen, nor doctors. WE STRIVE TO BE OURSELVES. But don’t misunderstand me. I don’t mean that we can’t BE firemen, bankers, or doctors— but that we must make the goal conform to the individual, ... See more
polymathematics • Article
Hypothesis 1: The "golden age" hypothesisThe "golden age" hypothesis says there are one or more "golden ages" from the past that were superior at producing innovation compared to today. Perhaps understanding and restoring what worked about those "golden ages" would lead to an explosion in creativity today.
Holden Karnofsky • Where's Today's Beethoven?
"If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that." - Stephen King
From the other side of the bridge (Milan, April 2024)
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