Max Beauroyre

most businesses don’t last forever, and they don’t need to.

I’m actually planning on spending next week making as many AI scripts as I can to help with different parts of my work, from production to brand scripts to research.

It should not be too surprising, then, that many companies could probably fire ~80% of their teams and still be okay. It should not be surprising when you join a company and realize most of your coworkers are incompetent. It should not be surprising to use a mediocre software product. The teams are mediocre!

Write out your reasoning. Like Bezos, Huang reasons with writing, not spreadsheets. While he trusts his intuition to guide him toward a potential decision, to reach confidence, he or his team must reason through it. Spreadsheets are ill-equipped for the kind of thinking Huang values here. “I hate spreadsheets because you can make spreadsheets do... See more

Creating for 24-hour cycles isn’t freedom, leverage, or legacy—it’s just renting out your time.

More beauty and craft,

less factory line

More weird and rebellious,

less safe and derivative

More really hard inspired work,

less status games

More authentic expression of self,

less patagonia vest

This efficient pursuit of predictable value is the quiet dignity of the mass of working people. But if we are to solve the bigger structural, spiritual, and intellectual problems which aren’t addressed by existing institutions, someone needs to be exploring off of the established road, where there is a high probability of failing to accomplish... See more