NYT bestselling author of Flinch and Trust Agents. Exec coach. Also former CEO/founder Breather and other co's
Joined October 2006
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1/ there is this sense when you are young that your accomplishments need to be a list of things that seem impressive to others. A list of several items you did.
This isn't actually right, so here is another suggestion.
if frontier models' interactions with us included timestamps, they wouldn't believe how slowly we processed information
When you have an opportunity to perform at the highest level, it actually is enough.
At the time you don't feel, "oh man I miss my D&D group" (even though you might a bit)
the work is so motivating on its own, the results are just satisfying enough.
that's the truth
Intelligence is now easy to purchase, just as physical labor is mostly replaced for most folks.
The only remaining scarcity is WILL TO ACT
keeping your environment as broke feeling as possible is good for the soul
A Microsoft AI scientist chose to live in a tiny room in San Francisco’s Chinatown for less than $1,000 a month.
@annakook gives us a rare look inside a single-room occupancy building, where residents have private rooms but share kitchens and bathrooms.
Let's let them regrow limbs, that will go over really well
Hitting a fastball is one of the hardest things to do in sports. It's too fast - like 400 milliseconds.
Your conscious mind cannot possibly do it.
So when batters hit the baseball, who is doing it?
Answer: Their past self. The one that has done the reps.
In the moment, the body is just showing up and turning their mind off, and letting the body do the rest.
unless you are entering a mustache competition, please immediately STOP TWIRLING YOUR MUSTACHE ON THE SIDES. it does not look good. yes, i am an authority on mustaches.
This is being posted everywhere, with good reason, but the real thing he's expressing here is "I have done infinite reps before this."
Do infinite reps.
Yes, infinite.
I am replaying Zelda Tears of the Kingdom after all this time and I simply cannot believe how replayable and fun this thing is over and over again