Matthew McDowell-Sweet

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[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

Links are the love-letters of the internet, and we're building the private sharing network for the hopeless romantics that can't help but share them.

“Saw this; thought of you" used to hurt. Now, it's simple.
https://t.co/C5aoTsmxmP

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

Set myself up with some movement standards to help me navigate the 30-60 years old arc.
https://t.co/MoZQ7Pz8VK

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Levelled up.
https://t.co/2tBXL7RWLM

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Assume antimatter technology continues to be developed, eventually resulting in the outcomes described by ⁦@CJHandmer⁩. How do the stories we tell about ourselves and the wider universe change? https://t.co/6NXOYMPly8

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

Not a huge stan of Great Man theory, but the model in the post can be grafted onto it…

“Great people” are practically uninterruptible, can persist at the “impossible” indefinitely, and live in the attractor basin of their obsession.

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

Imagine this multiplied across the ties within a group or network, and it becomes positively hellish.

Perhaps this is why the promise of 1) autonomous machine agents and 2) high agency humans is so tantalising? They offer the potential to Gordian knot this model.

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

“My point is this: given your λ and Δ, deep work is mathematically rare unless you deliberately design for it.” https://t.co/2cw1J3WmwV

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

If AI tooling is increasing the ability to generate new software exponentially, then pretty soon (yesterday?) we’ll need an equal and effective counter-force that helps us omit, not do.

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

“The solution, in their view, is not to try, quixotically, to abolish constraints, but to acknowledge their presence, and embrace them proactively." https://t.co/YZawIodCEX

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

“The solution, in their view, is not to try, quixotically, to abolish constraints, but to acknowledge their presence, and embrace them proactively." https://t.co/YZawIodCEX

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

“My point is this: given your λ and Δ, deep work is mathematically rare unless you deliberately design for it.” https://t.co/2cw1J3WmwV

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

Things like this always leave me in awe of how we actually manage to get anything above a certain level of complexity done at all. https://t.co/F0LcrykAyT

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How does modern AI pan out if we replace a chess whizz with a dancer or musician? https://t.co/ULk1oOyUI0

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

“Kettlebell practitioners often practice barefoot, or in flat, hard shoes as a minimum. As a result the feet, free from their casts and under load, actually have a chance to grow strong." https://t.co/8Ln3K3ZqeY

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

Work like @bonnittaroy's always makes me wonder: how would the velocity and trajectory of AI discourse change if its participants were more embodied? https://t.co/CdZSrOYlpb

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@nosilverv Philosophy as rizz-resistance

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

The best people, probabilistically-speaking, aren’t inside your org.

Similarly, the best content, probabilistically-speaking, isn’t inside your platform.

So glad to see link positivity making a comeback. https://t.co/5BI2RK0KNE

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

We're testing a new link experience, starting on iOS -- to make it easier for your followers to engage with your post while browsing links.

For creators, a common complaint is that posts with links tend to get lower reach. This is because the web browser covers the post and people forget to Like or Reply. So X doesn't get a clear signal whether the content is any good.

To help get better signal, posts will now collapse to the bottom of the page so people can react while you're reading.

As always, remember: the post should stand alone as great content so write a solid caption.

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

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[Ian TB @ian_tb03]

The wait’s over folks—Boyd book #2 is now available digitally from @MC_UPress! Want to know what Boyd ACTUALLY said about X, Y, or Z? Now you can get him in his own words—full transcripts and slides of all his briefings:

https://t.co/wVaopNWmJA

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

4-6, 4-6, 4-6, repeat.

4-6 hrs of high performance per day, 4-6 days per week, for 4-6 yrs. Then enter a new domain and repeat.

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

4-6 hrs of high performance, 4-6 days per week outperforms 9-9-6 on longer timescales.

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@wongmjane https://t.co/Yyh18r4PYJ

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

More threads with offramps to the wider web, please.

[Jane Manchun Wong @wongmjane]

What does your personal site look like? Trying to get some inspo. Thanks!

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

Context: it’s for a product experiment.
https://t.co/vPY61DlyIX

[Matthew McDowell-Sweet @Matthew_Sweet]

Are you a professional videographer / photographer? I’m looking for stories about managing gear, loadout tradeoffs, choreographing transitions in the field, and so on.

15 min informal chat in the next 2.5 days. Access to prototype product that emerges, too. DMs open.