Jake
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writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
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On Being a Good Newsletterer
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“Instead of working back from a goal, work forward from promising situations.”
polymathematics • Article
Why Cryonics Makes Sense — Wait But Why
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When something isn’t getting done, it’s because the person a) doesn’t have the time b) doesn’t have the skill or c) has some sort of psychological block. The third case is surprisingly common.
Sam Gerstenzang • Operating well – what I learned at Stripe
Jim Simons: "I’m not an extremely fast thinker myself; I just work hard."
That was all I needed to do—work hard, not fast. A paper I published in '68 took me five years. But it has had 1,850 citations. For a math paper, that’s an awful lot.
There’s too much emphasis on a person’s being able to answer questions quickly."
The Relativity of Wrong
Isaac Asimov discusses the concept of "right" and "wrong" in scientific theories, using the example of the belief in a flat earth and how our understanding of the Earth's shape has evolved over time.
sas.upenn.eduSome questions that I’ve found to be very effective in one-on-ones: If we could improve in any way, how would we do it? What’s the number-one problem with our organization? Why? What’s not fun about working here? Who is really kicking ass in the company? Whom do you admire? If you were me, what changes would you make? What don’t you like about the
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