Max Beauroyre
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Max Beauroyre
- Being prolific in many more areas than ever before by a young age (they think of their career in “eras” and see technology as merely one means by which they can make an impact)
how to be a kid that goes places
Ie. you don’t say, “This is my job and that thing is outside my area ”—no, if the value you are trying to promote requires you to go outside your role and learn new skills and politick to get the authority to go ahead: then that is your job.
Henrik Karlsson • 6 lessons I learned working at an art gallery
To me, the message is: treat people well and share your fortunes generously. I think that’s the only way to feel true happiness from success.
Nadia Asparouhova • Nadia Asparouhova on antimemetics, nuclear mysticism, and scrolling
This isn’t just philosophical woo woo stuff—it’s practical. Because products are not neutral. They are opinions embedded in pixels – every button, every default—says something about what we believe people are for. About who our customers can become.
I’ve finally realized why I’ve never been a fan of focusing just on productivity without focusing on other things as well.
Productivity is a natural outcome that happens when you have a deep purpose. When you have a deep purpose, you naturally come up with clear priorities to work on.
When you have a deep purpose and clear priorities, you become pr
... See moreBut the trend is clear: answers to even very hard questions are becoming cheaper and cheaper and cheaper. Which means the ability to ask them is getting more and more and more valuable.
Packy McCormick • Most Human Wins
- Working with friends
- Small core team (<10 people)
- Remote-first
- Asynchronous communication
- Very few meetings
- No managers or PMs
- Transparent decision-making
- Profit-sharing among the team
- Annual liquidity windows for equity
- No institutional investors
- No required work hours; everyone is responsible for their own tasks
- Focus on creating high-quality produc
Calm Company - Michael Karnjanaprakorn
on creating calm companies
I sometimes wonder if there is some implicit classism in people’s worries about unemployment: the rich will know how to use their time well, but the poor will need to be kept busy. I suppose we’ll soon find out.
Avital Balwit • My Last Five Years of Work
We’re in a confusing period where AI capabilities have vastly outperformed even optimistic projections, but have undershot when it comes to economic impact. It’s not clear why that’s the case.