1: Slides Toolkit Pro - Shortcuts to design and edit slides faster — launched this — anecdotally coding with gpt-o1 is weird because it is really good at the big picture but seems to be worse at follow-ups — that might be in the model card
2: A Theory of Change for Philanthropic Investing — “There may not be a perfect formula, but I believe philanthropies that can overlay a scarcity mindset — which undergirds markets’ ability to innovate — on top of an abundance toolset — government’s power to scale — are positioned to outperform”
3: Everything I built with Claude Artifacts this week — has there ever been a better time to tinker?
4: Related to wondering Is it time to diversify your human capital — if it’s true that generalists own the future, maybe Max Weber’s late-stage-capitalism-specialist-dystopia totally reverses? (Note apparently Weber is quoting one Gustav Schmoller)
For of the fast stage of this cultural development, it might well be truly said: “specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart; this nullity imagines that it has attained a level of civilization never before achieved.” ― Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
5: Why aren’t we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping? — I don’t know how to assess these claims but I do think it’s important to answer this question.
6: Shared it again this month:
7: Also, shared it again this month: Mortality in the past: every second child died - Our World in Data
8: East India Company College - Wikipedia — in the twilight century of the EIC, the company operated private universities. Big Tech companies today are already dabbling in certification programs for their own products. Also, in boom times hiring cycles move earlier and earlier — e.g., sophomore internships — when does it make sense to just run your own university? These companies are already seemingly good at recruiting talent.
9: Brie Wolfson summarizing why startups fail. It’s interesting that the post-Series-B and post-series-C problems aren’t “solved” which is why I think works like Claire Hughes Johnson’s “Scaling People” are underrated.
why do startups fail, according to Charlie Songhurst?
— Brie Wolfson (@zebriez) October 21, 2024
my interpretation of:https://t.co/41klQnVsUl pic.twitter.com/q9E9QXrw9j
10: Achievement unlocked - work referenced by the Mercatus Center
11: Where does one find people
Meeting people early in your career and helping them is a way to get upside on whatever they do in next 20 years. Not entirely dissimilar to investing. https://t.co/rzHrmeuRb6
— Patrick McKenzie (@patio11) October 7, 2024
12: TIL 1% of the federal budget is spent on dialysis via Complex Systems: Picking Uncle Sam’s pockets, with Jetson Leder-Luis
13: TIL Meta plausibly has ~95% of everyone with internet access as monthly active users via Meta: The Complete History and Strategy
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