1. Consistent Improvement 2. Luck Consistent improvement has many components but the most important are (in no particular order): 1. Transparency / honesty with coworkers 2. Setting clear goals and actually checking results against them 3. Distributed instead of centralized control 4. Constant seeking of external feedback Luck can had by increasing the # of…More
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I missed one consecutive writing day yesterday bc of fever and now having trouble coming up with something to say.
So, in that spirit: Turns out that when you already have a cold its not a good idea to combine the following factors: 1. run 4 miles in 95 degrees 2. bike 22 miles in the same heat 3. Do not eat from 12pm to 10:30pm, aka during the entire 1 and 2 above and…More
Unpopular Opinion: Animals are “technology” that nature / humans developed over time to turn plants into meat.
Especially: cows and chickens I also think the distinction between “natural” and “man made” is ridiculous. By definition, everything that is “man made” is “natural” as nature made man. You don’t say that birds’ nests are “bird made”. ^Day 5/90 57 wordsMore
On Donald Trump and why I worry that I might be wrong about him.
Most of the time my opinion on Trump is “That guy is a insane and is putting us on a path to become Nazi Germany.” But then every once in a while I think “What if he’s right? What if the political system is so messed up that its better to have this guy to…More
On empathy and love of our children (+ distributed vs central systems).
Listened to another Sam Harris podcast (The Virtues of Cold Blood, interesting right?) this morning where he spoke with psychologist Paul Bloom. They made two excellent points that I thought they didn’t quite take far enough. 1. People HATE it when you ask them why they love their children. They conceded that the reason we…More
I’m bad at publishing things that I think or say and end up with a lot of content in my head or just left in writing.
Its a bit of a waste. To remedy that, I’m going to write and post 25+ words per day for the next 90 days. If you get annoyed with me, click the little arrow in the top right and hide it. Or you can tell me and I can post more interesting things. (down in…More
Pollock’s Path to Drip Painting
MOMA has an excellent retrospective on Jackson Pollock. It clearly articulates the path that he took to the drip paintings that he is so famous for and that can be bewildering on first glance. Pollock struggled with alcoholism throughout his life (leading to his eventual death in a car accident). His attempt to treat it…More
Event Thoughts: The Product Group 1/7/16
The Product Group | Organized by Jeremy Horn | Featured Product: Memo From Ryan Janssen at Memo: “I’m the founder, CEO, and product person for Memo (http://getthememo.com), an anonymous messaging app for companies. We’ve spent the summer building a suite of Enterprise tools to help companies harness the power of their Memo communities. This is,…More
When I Get Stuck: A Process to Stay Productive
One of my constant quests in life it to stay productive at all times. Although that is the ideal state, in reality there are those moments when it seems that there is no way that what I am supposed to be doing can take priority over my reading list or my Facebook feed. Over time,…More
On Jumping Right Into It
There’s a difference between doing something and doing the right thing. “Doing work to do work” is a waste of time. Maintaining a meticulous calendar or logging your time or taking the time to take good organized notes can impede actual work from being done. Those may be true on the short term but in…More
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