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The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
The document explores the significance of pursuing knowledge for its own sake, emphasizing the value of intellectual freedom and the unexpected benefits that can arise from curiosity-driven research.
- I think we’ll realize that the early text-to-image “prompt-based” era of GenAI undermined creativity while the “controls” era unleashed human creativity in unimaginable ways. the tools evolve, but creative vision, precision, taste, and skills will be more vital than ever before.
- The open secret about business is that all the experts communicate in frameworks but don't think in frameworks.
- Low hanging fruit is a thing, but have you ever seen a low hanging apple you'd want to eat? They're either not ripe, or past their prime and filled with bees. The good stuff doesn't come easy, and is rarely just waiting to be picked. Meaningful progress is tough to reach.
- @mckaywrigley I have a bunch of questions I ask. What would you build for yourself? What did previous companies you've worked for need? What are you an expert in? What have you noticed recently that seemed broken? If you were going to build something just for fun, what would it be?
The Common Denominator of Success
The key to success lies in forming the habit of doing what failures don't like to do, backed by a strong purpose and practical, emotional goals.
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- The widespread TikTok-ification of all social apps is quite striking (and sad!) Literally, all apps (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, etc) have become one click away to an infinite stream of viral videos, playing non-stop. The ratio of mindless consumption to building something meaningful on computing devices now likely exceeds 10:1, and ma... See more
On Nonscalability: The Living World Is Not Amenable to Precision-Nested Scales
The document explores how scalability, the ability to expand without changing the framework, has shaped modern projects, economies, and knowledge, leading to a loss of transformative diversity.
reading, watching & listening to and the goal is resonance, not scale
