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[Lance @LanceTMason]

trying something new on X for the next week. Posts may not make sense for a bit, but I'll explain once the experiment is over

[Lance @LanceTMason]

im no longer deleting posts on X because I be right nd need something to show for it

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[David Senra @FoundersPodcast]

I found a great quote in this book about Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs:

“They were both human magnets turned to maximum strength, either pulling people into their orbit or flinging them away. There was no neutral ground with either man.”

[Lance @LanceTMason]

if you don't know what you're doing just tell people how it feels while you're doing it

[Okayplayer @okayplayer]

The Roc returns. HOV shuts down #rootspicnic 💎

📸: Kaushik Kalidindi

[Lance @LanceTMason]

The next album Jay Z releases will have a lot of production from Beyonce. Might be entirely produced by her

[Lance @LanceTMason]

Stop underselling your story

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to be a believer in what AI can do you need to have been dealing with the consequences of not having these tools for a while. That way when you test something you are the only person who can say its improved.

in a way this kind of creates a silo where we all can never agree on the frontier but we don't have to agree, it just has to work for you!

[Lance @LanceTMason]

People drastically underestimate the importance of business model

[Lance @LanceTMason]

Yes and to take the analogy even further, art itself is social technology.

Musicians don’t necessarily have the ability to say what they want, production is very nuanced and is an amalgamation of multiple skill sets; the best among us don’t have every piece mastered.

A real producer “learns you” and throws you an Alley oop so you can say what you want

https://t.co/5uFCh1yS75

[Lance @LanceTMason]

Production is more than just the music, it also encompasses creative direction

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@sebgoddijn https://t.co/sGF3p62JJg

[Lance @LanceTMason]

Music production is hardware, and lyrics are software.

[Lance @LanceTMason]

@EricJorgenson Got you, Eric! It was already on my list but I’ll move it up this weekend.

[Lance @LanceTMason]

@jacksondahl @DialecticPod @jxnlco https://t.co/HFFqFeSh9A

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Naomi Osaka after beating Jovic

"I think in Slams the further I get the calmer I am because it's such a privilege to be here. I've never been to the 4th round of Roland Garros. It's my first time”🥹

“I know it’s hot. Please be careful for your health”❤️

[Lance @LanceTMason]

@jacksondahl I think you'll find perspective in something I heard on an episode of Tim Ferriss' podcast with surfer Laird Hamilton:

“When the waves are at 20-25 feet; ‘you can start to have fun.’ At 30 feet, ‘you really want to watch yourself.’ But once you get over 50 feet: 'You’re really not allowed to fall.' "

Episode 50 is your 50-foot wave.

The Waves Get Bigger, But You Get Better

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[David Senra @FoundersPodcast]

"The present is the past biting into the future." — Edwin Land

[Lance @LanceTMason]

Been reflecting on this, and I think the important question to ask here is "legible to who"

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[Lance @LanceTMason]

I just read @dwarkesh_sp's essay on intelligence. I think he's right, but there's an axis missing: legibility.

To understand the significance of legibility when it comes to power, we have to go to @jacksondahl's @DialecticPod episode with @mollyfmielke.

Molly says:

"My core belief is that magnetism is a byproduct of authenticity and just living as you were intended to on the thing that you were meant for. . .

There’s a version that is large-scale, which you would ascribe to the hottest startup. That is less interesting; it’s a commercial magnetism that is produced by a team.

Then there’s a smaller-scale magnetism that one person has. That can either be charisma, or it can be them actually just being deeply authentic.

Charisma is usually a skill and a bit more performed. Authenticity in that form of magnetism is much more durable, and it doesn’t drain a person in the same way a performance does. It’s also innately, quietly, and deeply attractive to the right people and not to the wrong ones. That’s the kind of magnetism that I’m looking for at the earliest stages."

To which, @jacksondahl said:

"You could imagine how a fairly introverted, nerdy person could be very magnetic in a specific way."

"Exactly." said Molly "If you get them talking about their favorite part of the nerd world, people just like them start swarming. They recognize them as one of their own. Authenticity in that form of magnetism is much more durable... and deeply attractive to the right people and not to the wrong ones."

In other words, communication ability is power, but not to people who are not a part of your "world"; and @mollyfmielke is saying that there is a kind of communication ability that exists outside of commercial magnetism.

[Lance @LanceTMason]

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[Visa is doing marketing consults (see pinned!) @visakanv]

turns out you can actually have a really good life and even influence outcomes for the better etc by focusing on even 0.01% of people. (which is what I eventually came around to.) but I slogged through like 20 years of fussing over everyone else. Maimonides had the right frame

[Lance @LanceTMason]

I never know how to answer the question "what's new?" I learned 50 new things in the last 2 hours, where should i start?