Ken Karakotsios

why is our Universe the precise way it is, rather than any other way we could’ve imagined? There are only three things that make it so:

the laws of nature themselves,

the fundamental constants governing reality,

and the initial conditions that our Universe was born with.

Before you can use AI to maximize the meaning in your work and life, you’ll need to be able to articulate what you draw meaning from.

As a result, we instinctively measure the intelligence of other “things”—human and non-human—based on their linguistic capabilities.

when you read an old note you have to load its context back into your head about when you took it and why before you understand what it’s saying, and whether or not it’s relevant to the task at hand.

Ask for things that feel unreasonable, to make sure your intuitions about what’s reasonable are accurate (try not to be a jerk in the process). If you’re only asking for things you get, you’re not aiming high enoug

too strong a sense of continuity with one’s past self might hamper efforts in the present to abandon “sunk costs” — investments already made in a doomed plan or projec