Tom Schmidt
@neverbeneedy
Tom Schmidt
"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt."
3-2-1: On the value of early experiments, what creates trust, and speed vs patience
"Speed creates opportunity. Patience compounds it.
Moving fast will generate more chances. But if you quickly jump from thing to thing, growth will stall.
Moving fast will generate more chances. But if you quickly jump from thing to thing, growth will stall.
3-2-1: On the value of early experiments, what creates trust, and speed vs patience
what matters is becoming the leader in your industry in a way that is incredibly specific to that industry and in such a way that your business benefits from, instead of being threatened by, abundant improvements in general purpose technologies like AI and batteries.
Power in the Age of Intelligence
“The vital few need to be separated from the trivial many so that we can direct our attention where it will do the most good. ”
Gary Bencivenga's Marketing Maxims
- In criminal justice, increasing harshness of penalties doesn't predict a decline in crime
- What does predict decline in crime is the swiftness and certainty of consequences
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Painter Helen Frankenthaler reminds us that everything — even the mistakes and misfortunes — is material for your next move:
"You have to know how to use your accidents."
"You have to know how to use your accidents."
3-2-1: On winning and losing, making the most of accidents, and when waiting doesn't work
"The loser has more in common with the winner than with the person sitting on the sidelines.
The winner and the loser each had the courage to try. Both risked embarrassment. Both were willing to face uncertainty. Both were stubborn enough to continue.
Success is endurance in disguise. It belongs to the person who can absorb the losses without... See more
The winner and the loser each had the courage to try. Both risked embarrassment. Both were willing to face uncertainty. Both were stubborn enough to continue.
Success is endurance in disguise. It belongs to the person who can absorb the losses without... See more
3-2-1: On winning and losing, making the most of accidents, and when waiting doesn't work
The 15 Moonshots: Where Do We Aim the Charge?
We lay out 15 “Giga-XPRIZEs”—humanity-scale challenges we can now tackle if we aim our superintelligence correctly:
Health & Longevity:
1. Extended human healthspan (120+ healthy years, longevity escape velocity by 2032)
2. Reversing aging (epigenetic reprogramming, cellular rejuvenation)
3. Printing human... See more
We lay out 15 “Giga-XPRIZEs”—humanity-scale challenges we can now tackle if we aim our superintelligence correctly:
Health & Longevity:
1. Extended human healthspan (120+ healthy years, longevity escape velocity by 2032)
2. Reversing aging (epigenetic reprogramming, cellular rejuvenation)
3. Printing human... See more