1: Why Generalists Own the Future — “knowing what questions to ask” is increasingly important. Is there one word to describe that?
2: Taste is Eating Silicon Valley. - by Anu Atluru — code is cheap, so is taste more important? This is Why I want to figure out my taste.
3: Related:
People in tech debate “taste” and not “judgment,” “prudence,” “discernment,” etc, because it’s much easier to become a better consumer than to become a wiser person
— Santi Ruiz (@rSanti97) September 26, 2024
4: “the reason I keep saying “you need to do more volume” is because intelligent people win at literally anything once they recognize the patterns”. And related:
College kids sometimes DM me how to get software jobs
— Grant Slatton (@GrantSlatton) August 14, 2024
I tell them to build small but interesting demos and post them on twitter — eventually one will go viral and you will get job offers
This has worked for literally every one of them who actually did it
5: Also related: How to succeed in MrBeast production (leaked PDF). What stuck out to me: obsessive attention to detail about all parts of the business.
6: California Coastal Trail - Wikipedia — I’d like to see state capacity for good long walks.
7: [2408.06292] The AI Scientist: Towards Fully Automated Open-Ended Scientific Discovery — I wish more code from economics research were open-sourced.
8: Syllabus for Chris Blattman’s Why We Fight class — please more open-source syllabi! Use it to make your own syllabi.
9: Good timing:
What are your favorite syllabi?
— Dwarkesh Patel (@dwarkesh_sp) September 22, 2024
Any field welcome. Commentary/annotations especially appreciated, though just a raw list of core papers/ books/ essays is also very useful.
10: On Being a Father + Founder - Neil Thanedar and Dad Mode - Evan Armstrong
11: Five Most Productive Years: What Happened and What’s Next—Stephen Wolfram Writings
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