Neil Merchant

Tweets give away too much information.

[Neil Merchant @NeilMerc]

Cold-calling is a life-skill. It can save you money, effort and time. More importantly, it helps build discipline, persistence, and communication skills.

A thread. (1/n)

[Neil Merchant @NeilMerc]

Seeing a weird trend of folks posting videos of famous people and adding a transcript as text, but it's not what the person said in the video. Some engagement farming.

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

Always remember that your goal is NOT to prove you're smart. It's to make problems go away.

[Neil Merchant @NeilMerc]

@paulg It’s true for big companies too. Seen many clients where great products compensate for inefficiencies (e.g., sales, supply chain, etc.) across the entire company.

[Alex Tabarrok @ATabarrok]

It now takes longer to read a paper than write a paper.

Solve for equilibrium.

[BowTiedBull.eth - Read Pinned or NGMI @BowTiedBull]

The whole poverty line discussion is a waste. The answer is one home, one major bill to make it easier to buy and hold it.

The issue is millions of homes sitting empty, getting written off to "zero" net income and other shenanigans

Primary needs much more benefits vs. rentals

[Neil Merchant @NeilMerc]

It would be cool to see @amazon enter and disrupt agriculture.

[Neil Merchant @NeilMerc]

Finding the next best course of action based on available information, essentially making fact-based judgment calls, is a superpower skill to build early on in your career.

[Neil Merchant @NeilMerc]

Is doomscrolling during meetings the new norm? Feels like people pay even lesser attention than they used to.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Many situations in life are similar to going on a hike: the view changes once you start walking.

You don't need all the answers right now. New paths will reveal themselves if you have the courage to get started.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

If you need to attend a lecture to realize that a painting is beautiful, it's not beautiful.

[Neil Merchant @NeilMerc]

@kushalbhagia I can’t wait for AI to be used by courts in forming a preliminary opinion based on submissions from both sides. That can really reduce the backlogs. Obvious challenges around bias and morality (utilitarian vs. individual rights) exist, but nothing that can’t be solved for.

[Neil Merchant @NeilMerc]

Making content seem less AI-generated has become an art.

Folks tend to respect the output lesser, as it indicate lower human oversight.

Taking out the long hyphens has become a standard practice.

[Tim Cook @tim_cook]

Season 3 of Severance is available upon request.
- Tim C.

[Neil Merchant @NeilMerc]

@waitbutwhy Black Mirror had an episode on this long back: Hang the DJ - Wikipedia

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

There is some real utility in gratitude.

[Sopranos World @SopranosWorld]

Seasonal depression “isn’t real” until you get a warm day in February and realize you’ve been dead inside for months

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

Took a day trip today and brought all my 3rd party tested food and water with me. What have I become.

[space daddy @ronaarahahaipls]

Do mfs on LinkedIn know they're going to die one day.

[NIK @ns123abc]

Based Microsoft just signed a 20-year deal to revive Three Mile Island’s nuclear power plant by 2028 to provide 837MW of power for AI data center needs

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Albert Camus, keep your head up