A great framework to think about history. “And that’s exactly the problem with zero-dimensional history: a true point contains very little data. A single painting can’t capture the full significance of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, in which… Read More »The Four Shapes of History
Is it magic tough? “Humans’ first big meta-innovation, roughly speaking — the first thing that lifted us above an animal existence — was history. By this, I don’t just mean the chronicling of political events and social trends that we… Read More »The Third Magic
I am one of those people. Used to be really technical but not so deep anymore. “The people in charge of your software organization have to make a lot of decisions about software. Even if they’re not setting the overall… Read More »How I provide technical clarity to non-technical leaders
War is more complicated than shown in movies. “Victory, then, is not always the annihilation of enemy forces—it is the collapse of the enemy’s will to resist.” https://mwi.westpoint.edu/a-clausewitzian-lens-on-modern-urban-warfare/
Focus on what really matters. https://flowingdata.com/2025/10/08/mortality-in-the-news-vs-what-we-usually-die-from/
I was reading this article and a toxic coworker persona immediately came to my mind. The kind of colleague who will spit bullshit with confidence, cause issues and never take responsibility, the kind of guy who will be kissing ass… Read More »Are LLMs Just Toxic Coworkers?
It is always a trade off. “Locking up my money and forgoing consumption for a year might not be as painful as slaving away behind a cash register for 1000 hours, but it’s not nothing.” https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/why-do-people-get-paid-to-invest
I do not agree with all, but there is wisdom in all of them. “Most social norms have no consequences when you break them. People who’ve figured this out keep saying “you can just do things” because it’s true. Society… Read More »50 Things I Know
I love Ed’s blog posts. You should read them. “OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT was next up, triggering an international arms race for AI and what looks set to be the largest movement of capital in technology ever. “I kept seeing… Read More »Ed Zitron is mad as hell
It is weird. “What followed was three hours of flying in lazy circles, like a very expensive, very slow merry-go-round. After the allotted time, we are informed that we must fly to Iceland to refuel and then we will be… Read More »Greenland