Derek
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Derek
AI will generate exactly what you tell it to create. A blessing for those with vision, a curse for those without. You can feed it every reference, provide every specification, but the output is only as good as your ability to recognize what is good and what is bad.
The world's most sophisticated algorithms can't save you from your own blind spots.
... See moreLearning is downstream of doing. The order should rarely be reversed. Most real knowledge, knowledge worth attaining, lives in the hands . It must be cultivated gradually, like a garden. Really, it must be grown. Most real knowledge is the result of doing something deliberately for a long time and steadily making small improvements. It requires a... See more
Do what you can't
Yancey Strickler’s Nine Creative Meditations
To me or to the mean - Focus on what makes your work strange or unique rather than trying to fit in with what everyone else is doing.
You are your audience - Create work that satisfies your own desires and interests rather than trying to please an imagined mass audience.
Small is more rewarding than big -
When you keep forecasting that simple, you free up time and bandwidth for other activities. I like studying the investing behaviors that never change, and I’d never have the time to do that if I spent my day predicting what the economy will do next quarter.
Morgan Housel • Same as Ever: Timeless Lessons on Risk, Opportunity and Living a Good Life
Here’s the thing about speculation: Realized gains feel like penalties when they’re interpreted as missed opportunities. Walking away with a great 10x return will make you feel terrible if that came at the expense of a future 100x return. If the top turned out to be much further out than you thought, then you can’t help but to be unhappy with the... See more
Lawrence Yeo • Speculation: A Game You Can’t Win
The Turtles were taught not to fixate on when they entered a market. They were taught to worry about when they will exit.
Michael W. Covel • The Complete TurtleTrader: How 23 Novice Investors Became Overnight Millionaires
The audience comes last. The audience doesn't know what they want. The audience only knows what's come before. - Rick Rubin