Shachaf Rodberg

While the dumb web screams, the smart web whispers

What’s my added value? Not much. I just happen to have access to context that it doesn’t. I’m a gatekeeper, and that won’t last.

I try to build up surprise, because surprise and insight and entertainment are all very tightly correlated. Surprise is also the fundamental axiom of Claude Shannon’s information theory. The more surprise in a message, the more information it contains.

Preparing to do the thing isn't doing the thing.

Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.

Making a to-do list for the thing isn't doing the thing.

Telling people you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.

Messaging friends who may or may not be doing the thing isn't doing

the thing.

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