Louis Zhao

One iteration at a time

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

You are anxious because you are trying to see too far into the future.

Do you know your immediate next step?

If so, execute it. This will reveal further steps.

If not, acquire more information until you do.

Life is agile. Iterate your way forward.

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

We might want or crave things we don't enjoy. (Sugar and salty foods sometimes fall into this category for me)

We might also enjoy things we don't usually want or crave. (Deep work sometimes fall into this category for me)

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

"Markets are not driven by pleasure, but by desire.

That's precisely why consumerism dominates our economy and culture even though it doesn't make people happy."

- J. Sanilac

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

The salient point here is that what we "want" is not always the same as what we "enjoy".

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

Digital divide is in reverse - Balaji

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

Then, as quickly as it began, it is complete, leaving a worn out shell in its wake.

And the only feeling I'm left with, the only thing I know, is that a death has occurred."

- Bortus explaining his porn addiction to Isaac in The Orville

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

"It is a call from deep within like a baby seeking its mother's teat.

It feels as if nothing else in the world matters but satisfying the urge and achieving the goal my body has demanded of me.

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

"Don't tell me about your fake conspiracy theories. Tell me about your real conspiracy practice"

[J. Sanilac @Sanilac_J]

Louis Zhao has produced an excellent video essay inspired by my "AILOM" concept. Watch the Youtube video below.

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

@Sanilac_J Thank you for sharing this J!

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

"if you haven't built, you feel guilt"

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

Imagine everyone doing that to all physical commodities currently mass manufactured.

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

Digital AI democratizes digital content creation, making industrial digital content production like Hollywood less competitive.

"Physical AI" (robotics) could democratize "physical content creation" in the same way, making industrial manufacturing less competitive.

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

"Generate a bowl of ramen with creamy soup base, firm noodles, and chashu topping"

But instead of AI agents generating an image, robots work to acquire raw ingredients from the physical world, process them per your prompt's specs, and output a real bowl of ramen.

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

"We are over-consuming novelty and under-consuming purpose" - Balaji

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@930604V 为什么想呕吐

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"The future is unevenly distributed."

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

This age of aggressive distraction requires aggressive focus

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

@SchrodingrsBrat Given how many movies and shows are filmed here, the city vibe has probably been subliminally priming all of us for that feeling for a while.

[Louis Zhao @TheLouisZhao]

Wow I need to get off social media

[三戸キャップ @mitocap_1216]

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