sari
reading, watching & listening to and Human Behavior
fascinating short read on status, sorting and prestige in sports (and everywhere else). The people you might expect to be the most competitive are often the most welcoming, and vice versa.
Trail Magic
reading, watching & listening to
What I quickly realized is how many yellow blazers there are in the world and that at many times in my life, I too have been a yellow blazer—opting for easier but less authentic and less interesting routes. The podcast is part of a portfolio of things that I put in place in my life to try to avoid being a yellow blazer, to instead push myself to be more like a blue blazer, exploring anywhere I can.
Models All The Way Down
Artificial Intelligence and reading, watching & listening to
a really well done ELI5 explainer on AI training models. read this closely and you’ll learn a lot about how the incentives of the commercial web impact the quality of the training data.
reading, watching & listening to and Really Good Interviewers
I read this in print (via Printernet’s exceptional curation). It beautifully captures the spirit of print. And Kai is a really good interviewer.
perspectives on funding and venture capital (VC)
"But there is an influential tide of founders on the rise that is opting out of this path and quietly plotting a new one that leads to building generational companies. It’s a hybrid path, combining the growth of targeted venture funding with the durability found in bootstrapping (i.e. profitability). It’s a path with less venture capital and more self-reliance."