EIR at Antler. Stealth robotics in London. CSO, Product strategy, ex Corporate law
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David Elikwu FRSA ⚔️ retweeted
🚨 New pod just dropped on @itstheknowledge!!!
- my conversation with @RyanHawk12 on:
🏆 The impact of great coaches
🏡 Childhood and the importance of community
🚀 The role of ambition in personal success
Links below 👇🏿👇🏿
David Elikwu FRSA ⚔️ retweeted
Jobs aren’t AI-proof, people are.
All that matters is your ability to think creatively, move quickly, and act decisively - apply that to whatever you work on. AI can support with the rest.
David Elikwu FRSA ⚔️ retweeted
Just dropped an engaging episode on @itstheknowledge with @JonathanHillis on:
🏡 Five principles for stronger communities
🏙️ How cities have centralised and decentralised
🌍 Can we make democracy better?
David Elikwu FRSA ⚔️ retweeted
Just dropped an engaging episode on @itstheknowledge with @EricJorgenson on:
📚 Reading beyond summaries and abstractions
💡 The process of internalising ideas
📰 The evolving industry of publishing
“The political shoe fits the mental foot” is excellent and illuminating. Very rarely do you see people go against their basal beliefs and nature. Even when they switch sides on an issue it’s to remain consistent with what they actually care about most.
In politics this is ego.
The older you get the more you realize that politics are psychology: the vast majority of people believe what they do as an extension of their ingrained personalities.
They don’t reason from first principles, or adjust policy based on data: they’re woke lefties or tradcons or AI doomers or accelerationists because the political shoe fits the mental foot. Few ever change sides, and if so only after contact with the results of their politics (and usually not even then).
Because to do so wouldn’t be updating an opinion, but changing their entire self, and nobody intentionally casts themselves into that confusing abyss.
David Elikwu FRSA ⚔️ retweeted
🚨 New pod just dropped on @itstheknowledge!!!
- my conversation with @EricJorgenson on:
🤓 Working smarter, not harder
🚀 How leverage helps achieve success
⚠️ Risks of leverage
Links below 👇🏿👇🏿
I could do this when I was 13/14. Basic steganography - you can do SO much more than this right in your terminal.
David Elikwu FRSA ⚔️ retweeted
People hate effort, earnestness and sincere conviction. People hate being reminded of the thing they're capable of but resist: actually trying.
Agency is the hardest skill to develop because you can activate it at any time, but only if you pay the price of discomfort upfront.
David Elikwu FRSA ⚔️ retweeted
🚨 New pod just dropped on @itstheknowledge!!!
- my conversation with @jspector on:
🎬 Josh’s early days in the entertainment industry
📺 Traditional media and digital media
💡 How to think about the value of your creations
Links below 👇🏿👇🏿
David Elikwu FRSA ⚔️ retweeted
Optimism, kindness and grit are insane life hacks that are frequently overlooked because people think you can only win by hedging your bets or cheating.
David Elikwu FRSA ⚔️ retweeted
Repurpose with purpose.
- @wes_kao via @itstheknowledge 🎙️
I understand why this is being widely mocked, but I also understand the thought process behind it.
It does, objectively sound bizarre that the government pays half a million 16-24yo PIP, when we don’t even have national service or other schemes for those age groups.
Left my tiny dog with my cousin while I was in SF for 6 weeks. Apparently her youngest boy now randomly growls 😂
David Elikwu FRSA ⚔️ retweeted
If you’re alive, act like it. Don’t be so obsessed with the future that you forget to truly live.
David Elikwu FRSA ⚔️ retweeted
🚨 New pod just dropped on @itstheknowledge!!!
- my conversation with @d_a_robson on:
🧠 The brain's influence on physiology
🤝 The connection of mind and body
💪 The importance of building mental resilience
Links below 👇🏿👇🏿
It doesn’t matter that the Tesla Roadster (in this format) may never reach production. We should celebrate that it exists. This is how we get to flying cars - being brave, taking risks, pushing boundaries.
This is where I appreciate Elon’s ambition.
David Elikwu FRSA ⚔️ retweeted
The traits of great founders
- @SRasch via @itstheknowledge 🎙️
David Elikwu FRSA ⚔️ retweeted
How feedback blocks creativity
- @moretothat via @itstheknowledge 🎙️