Adam Saks

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[Adam Saks @AdamLSaks]

50% of @whoop users track alcohol consumption in their digital journal.

They're accruing one of the largest alcohol-related data sets in the world.

Here's what you can learn from their user data:

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

I researched human happiness for three years while working on my first book. One thing I learned was that happiness was really about attention. The happiest people didn't have perfect lives. But the imperfections were never their focus. They found joy in ordinary days. Gratitude in small moments. Meaning in simple things. Happiness is about attention, not perfection.

[Pete Oxenham @peteoxenham]

strava mcp launched today lfg

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

Q: How are job postings for software engineers rising rapidly despite AI agents automating coding?

A: Because there’s far more code to manage than ever before. We’re already seeing a 14x YoY increase in GitHub commits, and it’s accelerating.

AI has dramatically lowered the cost of writing code, so it’s now being used across far more businesses, applications, and use cases.

We’re at the beginning of a massive productivity boom driven by the proliferation of bespoke software throughout the entire economy.

Coding has been AI’s breakout use case this year. The fact that it’s increased demand for software engineers — rather than decreased it — should call into question the entire “AI will cause mass job loss” narrative.

[Sean Frank @Seanfrank]

PROPAGANDA IM PUSHING:
- it’s the best time to start a business ever
- have a kid. It’s hard but way cooler than having a dog
- take the wonder drugs. Glp1s are cool.
- walk 13,000 steps a day. It’s easy.
- you can reach any successful person on earth just by posting and trying to find their email for 10 minutes
- meta ads are working the best they have in 4 years
- the world needs more podcasts, not less
- the world needs more creators, not less
- we have already reached the age of abundance
- YouTube is finally a good ad channel
- things are about to get even better
- Tik tok shop isn’t a big sales channel, but the ability to engage thousands of motivated creators will 2x your business by sheer amount of ads
- sauna and cold plunge combo is great for mental health
- think more, it’s better than reading
- you can’t be a millionaire overnight, but you can be a billionaire in a decade.
- get married.
- attention is everything. Good or bad, attention is everything.
- play a physical sport once a week. It’s the only way to get friends together as we get old
- do stuff now that’s high risk, it’s okay to look stupid
- there is a billion dollars in your computer, and 100m in your phone
- want to do cool shit? Ask. Anyone will work with you as long as you have a good plan and can deliver

GO DO SOME GOOD

[Jawwwn @jawwwn_]

Peter Thiel on screen time for kids:
“If you ask executives of social media companies how much screen time they let their kids have— there’s probably an interesting critique one could make.”

@andrewrsorkin: “What do you do?”

Thiel: “An hour and a half a week.”

*audience gasps*

[Lawrence Yeo @moretothat]

This is so good. I love Derek's essays.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

You can go to hell without moving an inch, just focus on what you lack.

You can taste heaven without leaving earth, just rejoice in what you have.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

A mentor told me this: “Always assume things will work out, then do the work to make it true.” I’ve found the combination creates a quiet confidence that allows you to tolerate uncertainty better than anything else. I’ll never forget that.

[swinky @swinkying]

you’re on Very thick ice with me . i love you

[Adam Saks @AdamLSaks]

early innings still

[signüll @signulll]

the craziest part now is that the modern computer probably has to be entirely reinvented, from scratch. pretty much like how jobs & co brought apple ii to market.

like not improved. not given a chatbot sidebar or something but really from the ground up like the iphone redefined what it meant to be a pocket computer.

the current paradigm for computers was built around a human staring at a screen, moving a cursor, opening apps, managing windows, naming files, remembering where things live, & manually translating intent into interface actions.

that made sense when the human was the runtime. but in an ai native world, it starts to look kinda ridiculous.

you can see this ridiculousness when you use computer use agents… they are useful sure, but they’re also obviously transitional. they’re teaching ai to operate machines designed for humans, which is clever, but also kind of absurd. it’s like making a robot hand so it can use a doorknob instead of asking why the door needs a knob at all. yes i know humans also need to use a door knob, but maybe in the future humans don’t need to use a computer, or at least what we think of a computer today at all.

this all leads to some interesting questions:

- what is a file when the system understands context?
- what is an app when intent can route itself?
- what is a desktop when work can be decomposed, executed, monitored, & summarized by agents?
- what is a browser when the agent can retrieve, compare, transact, & remember?
- what is an operating system when the primary user is no longer just a person, but a person plus a swarm of delegated intelligences? or no person at all.

the old computer assumed navigation.
the new computer has to assume a new kind of intention. the old computer organized information. the new computer has to try to organize agency.

we’re still in the hacky middle stage at the moment with sidebars, copilots, agents clicking through legacy ui, & automation layers sitting on top of 40 year old metaphors.

the new computer is likely one where memory, context, identity, permissions, tools, agents, & interfaces are native primitives. this means desktop, mobile, browser, apps, files, folders deserves another first principles look.

[Adam Saks @AdamLSaks]

@JakeHeyen @austin_rief definitely hit up Jake for any brand sponsors you want ^

Has chafing introduced itself yet in training? Happy to send you the cleanest, simplest ingredient anti-chafe on 🌍 for free!

(been put to the test on a 200+ miler)

[Dan Shipper 📧 @danshipper]

so sick

philosophy is back y'all

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

La Rochefoucauld, what a line

[Adam Saks @AdamLSaks]

“We know more from nature than we can at will communicate”.

If you’ve felt deep connection to the natural world, and haven’t read Nature by Emerson as an adult, highly recommend transporting back to 1836 and seeing the world through his lens.

[Adam Saks @AdamLSaks]

“A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without loss.”

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

You need to write more.

Without AI. Without templates. Without knowing what you're writing about. Just you, an idea, and enough time to do the difficult cognitive work necessary to reach true understanding. If you don't, your ability to think will drastically decline.

[Atlas Press @realAtlasPress]

C.S. Lewis, if he had to give one piece advice to a young man

[Naval @naval]

Just as you travel so that you can miss your home, you socialize so that you can miss your self.

[gregorein @Gregorein]

so... I audited Garry's website after he bragged about 37K LOC/day and a 72-day shipping streak.

here's what 78,400 lines of AI slop code actually looks like in production.

a single homepage load of https://t.co/TqaEZsF44N downloads 6.42 MB across 169 requests.

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