Simon Joliveau Breney
@simonjb
Simon Joliveau Breney
@simonjb
Our desire to maintain harmony can cause us to be indirect about uncomfortable truths. Our desire to influence can cause us to pre-emptively address every arcane objection. Our desire to impress can cause us to use more language than necessary. And the expectations we have internalized about corporate communication often cause us to write in a way
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readwise.io“There will be only answers,” the writer Marguerite Duras said in 1985 when a TV show asked her to make a prediction about the year 2000. “The demand will be such that there will only be answers. All texts will be answers… about [man’s] body, his corporeal future, his health, his family life, his salary, his leisure. It’s not far from a nightmare.
... See moreFraming the task as high-stakes or important can encourage the AI to “try harder.”
• Before : Provide a detailed analysis of .
• After : Imagine you are preparing a report for the executive team. Provide a detailed analysis of .