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Think wisely.
Most people’s mental models of energy are flawed: they think there’s a ‘tank’ of energy that gets depleted as you spend it. This may be roughly true f
The constant line that I’m trying to navigate with these tools is whether what I’m doing is unique, based on my opinion, perspective, experience, or w
one problem we have with our collective concept of intelligence is that many people have not been taught to discern the difference between thinking (p
Feel better.
"I have a theory that the moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnifi
Hiding out It might be at school, at work or at home. Hunkering down, hoping we won’t get noticed. A safe spot, worth concealing. The proble
“Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”— Charles Dickens (1812
“A fool with a heart and no sense is just as unhappy as a fool with sense and no heart.”— Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881), “The Idiot”
The problem is that LLMs inherently lack the virtue of laziness. Work costs nothing to an LLM. LLMs do not feel a need to optimize for their own (or
People who insist that every product decision should be metrics-driven would also have to logically admit that theirs will be the first job to get aut
I saw a post on Reddit today about AI that said, “AI is data, and data can only look backwards. Creativity looks forwards.” And I genuinely need to si
Make known.
“Because you’re the cheapest” If we choose you based on price, please don’t be surprised if we leave the moment someone else uses the same tactic
Attention up for auction If you win an auction to get a click, you probably overpaid. Every other bidder stopped bidding, that’s why you won.
Exponential Tic tac toe with a 3 x 3 board is trivial and not much fun. Tic tac toe tic tac (5 in a row) with a 15 x 15 board is endlessly fasc
focus on quality. There’s no competitive advantage in volume. You are going to lose to the robots.
Live interconnected.
“It’s all invented anyway,” Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander write in The Art of Possibility, “So we might as well invent a story or a framew
The Having/Doing job gap It’s a dance between workers, bosses and the market. The most stable quadrant happens when a thoughtful and consistent
Assume misunderstanding It’s possible that you were undermined, endangered, cut off or disrespected. But if we begin with that, then the relati
Friendship, however, has always depended on a certain irrational generosity. A willingness to waste time together magnificently. To listen to the same
26 weapons grade parenting tips: 1/ Give them a "heads up," 5 minutes until bedtime, 10 minutes before leaving the playground 2/ Look at the world m
it is my strong belief that in a world of constant change and nearing AGI, rather than obsessing over teaching my children specific skills to compete
getting upset at your kids for making mistakes doesn't teach them to not make mistakes, it teaches them to hide their mistakes
Supporting arguments.
The secular decline in birth rates across the globe over the past seven decades has slowed population growth, raised average ages, and reshaped labor
Compared to what? 98% of the time, the state champ loses at nationals. Every billionaire but one isn’t the richest person in the world. Only one
The modern library Is this where books go to die? There are about 7500 public libraries in the US, and until recently, more than a third of the
“The grass is always greener on the side that’s fertilized with bullshit,”
When I started writing this book I honestly didn’t know if anyone would find it interesting. I didn’t really care though.I felt compelled to make some
During the first two centuries of the Roman Empire, there spread a practice known as hypomnēmata, a type of notetaking system, used as a tool for medi
For when you're ready.
Focus on what you want. Don’t focus on what/who doesn’t want you. ~ Julian Paul
You can’t force readiness. What’s for you will be ready. What’s for you will want you. Right now. So let go of desiring to have what’s not yours and f
I think a lot of people want to be but they don’t want to do. They want to have written a book, but they don’t want to write the book. They want to be
“Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.” —Teller
reduce until it’s clear and refine until it’s right
Maybe cognitive minimalism— identifying which mental loops actually matter, and pruning the rest— isn't deprivation but liberation.
