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Pascal's Sucker Bet, and when to ignore it.
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AI Futures and Cycles of Discord
(varied<->all the same) crossed with (great leveler<->great inequality)
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Simplifications Never Stay Simple forever
A generalization of the Law of Leaky Abstractions
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A Lens on What Google is (and is not) Good At
There’s a long essay I wrote internally at google that cites things I can’t share publicly. Here’s a heavily redacted summary: First, some jargon…
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Why "I got rich and it didn't make me happy" feels weird
or: a practical lesson in contrapositive proof
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Slack
Almost everyone underrates it
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Micro Burnouts
Kasey Klimes of rhizome r&d describes burnout well: Everyone talks about "burnout" as something that happens when you work too much. I see it far more…
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MAUs Considered Harmful
Think for yourself if you don't run an attention business.
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