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Nobody Cares How Hard You Work
I learned this the hard way. “Companies don’t hire people because they have good skills. They hire people to solve expensive, painful problems. In fact, most companies would rather not hire anyone at all. Hiring is a last resort.” https://alifeengineered.substack.com/p/nobody-cares-how-hard-you-work
We Are ALL Susceptible to Arrogance, Vice, and Villainy. The Hunn-Beating Proverb.
Nice list of advice. [Jocko Podcast] 485: We Are ALL Susceptible to Arrogance, Vice, and Villainy. The Hunn-Beating Proverb. #jockoPodcast https://podcastaddict.com/jocko-podcast/episode/196024128 via @PodcastAddict
Shut The Fuck Up
I tend to agree with most stuff in the article. “Let me pick the quality and fuck off with your auto bandwidth quality. My internet speed is sufficient to stream a 4k Blu-ray so don’t further mangle the quality of… Read More »Shut The Fuck Up
The Diffusion Dilemma
How technology spreads. “For a given technology, Rogers identified five crucial factors that influence adoption rates: relative advantage (the perceived benefits of using a new technology over existing alternatives), compatibility (alignment of the technology with existing social values and needs),… Read More »The Diffusion Dilemma
Generative AI has access to a small slice of human knowledge
As my high school teacher used to say, not everything is on the internet, because I have not put it there. “For many people, GenAI is becoming their primary way to learn about the world. A large-scale study published in… Read More »Generative AI has access to a small slice of human knowledge
A Study Guide for Human Society, Part I
Good tips to get yourself educated. “My recommendation is to pick three very different historical periods that you find fascinating. They can be any three, really, but ideally they will be a bit separated from each other in space, time,… Read More »A Study Guide for Human Society, Part I
The Third Magic
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
How I provide technical clarity to non-technical leaders
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
A Clausewitzian Lens on Modern Urban Warfare
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/