It seems a common experience in the lives of people with high agency is that they, at some point, metaphorically, lean against a wall and discover that there is a hidden door. That some constraint they’ve been told about turns out not to hold, and this allows them to experience something positive. And from this they get into the habit of testing if walls are actually doors, and the more they do so, the more examples of hidden doors they find, and the more inclined they are to look for them. Far from the only thing that sets them apart, but having that experience can be transformative
— Henrik Olof Karlsson
Lost my phone at the office and spent 30 minutes turning the place over. Find My was disabled by MDM.
Out of ideas, I asked Claude how I could find it. It suggested tracking the Bluetooth signal strength, then wrote me a meter in about a minute.
I walked around watching the number climb. Found it.
Apparently you can just make the tool you need now.
Code: https://t.co/fmnISzHfZ2
The first cost of mastery is embarrassment. You must be seen producing weak work, asking basic questions, making incorrect predictions, and occupying a level beneath your self-image. Men who cannot tolerate looking incompetent temporarily will remain permanently caged by their own potential.
We tend to overestimate other people’s abilities—after all, they’re trying hard to make it look as if they knew what they were doing—and we tend to underestimate our own.
The easiest way to control a man is to make him afraid of appearing selfish. Once he needs everyone to see him as generous, loyal, and understanding, guilt can override his judgment. Keep your conscience, but never let other people use your morality.