5. You must build capacity for discomfort
A life without challenge creates the need for addiction.
Our nervous system is built to overcome obstacles.
Soave argues that when we don't give it healthy struggles (exercise, learning, building), it creates unhealthy ones.
Wow.
@Zai_org GLM 5.2 is a marvel! It is *at least* as good as Opus 4.8 and GPT 5.5. It's super fast, inexpensive, and not too verbose.
It responds with nuance and judgement, & handles long context VERY well.
I've never experienced an open weights model like this before.
Elon on when Chinese models hit fable level performance.
I have always thought Chinese labs have a huge advantage here.
The feedback loops for usefulness are tighter & AI adoption higher in China than the USA => utility above all else
@jietang@teortaxesTex On benchmarks, yes, but as measured by true usefulness even Q1 would be very impressive.
Anthropic has rightly focused on maximizing useful intelligence, which does not show up in benchmarks, but definitely shows up in revenue.