thewalkingWord

Brand Mgmt (Marketing) ¦ Veterinarian ¦ Marketing ¦ Books ¦ Journeying to discover timeless lessons from the human collective 💫

[thewalkingWord @Caleemulah]

Lessons From The Naked Emperor’s Tale:

1.Gaslighting has been around since forever. People will describe black as white for you, and you will believe them of you're not discerning.

2.Know your weaknesses first, before anyone else. People will exploit you without you knowing.

[thewalkingWord @Caleemulah]

Ever wondered where the saying “The Emperor Walked Naked” originated?

Here is the tale that started it all.

A 🧵:

[thewalkingWord @Caleemulah]

@asemota Yes.
Game of Thrones was a fictionalized account of the 100-year English War of Roses

[thewalkingWord @Caleemulah]

Duck Duck Go still around

[DuckDuckGo @DuckDuckGo]

@Phil_Lewis_ On this side, user choice matters. All AI features at DuckDuckGo are optional and links aren't going anywhere on our search engine.

(We also don't spy on you, but that's a whole other thing.)

[Olúwatósìn Olaseinde @tosinolaseinde]

@Babajiide They hate it because it could translate to personal fault as opposed to betting that’s driven by luck and doesn’t connote diligence or certain abilities

[thewalkingWord @Caleemulah]

"Mounting a new hire"

[Jean-Michel Lemieux @jmwind]

Joined a new AI-native company this week and it’s kind of wild how different it feels already.

The laptop arrived, I logged in, and an agent basically took over from there. It set up my dev env, pulled repos, fixed dependency issues, got permissions approved, pointed me at the backlog, linked the architecture docs, and surfaced the Slack debates I actually needed to read before touching production.

When I needed context on something, I asked the agent and it found the exact thread from months ago explaining why a decision was made, who owned it, the related Linear issues, and the PRs connected to it.

I’ve only been here 3 days but it honestly feels like I’ve worked here for a year because the usual friction and scavenger hunt for context just isn’t there anymore.

We should probably stop calling this “onboarding” and rename it to “mounting” because this feels a lot more like mounting a distributed filesystem called “institutional memory” than slowly getting drip-fed context over 6 months.

[Distant Relative @LankyObserver]

If the wealthiest people in your society are politicians, that society is fundamentally corrupt.

[thewalkingWord @Caleemulah]

@Olowo_Temi Its not MTN alone. Same for Airtel

[Joseph Carlson @joecarlsonshow]

FIRE is terrible. Don’t waste your 20s and 30s saving every single penny and never having any experiences.

Foster relationships now. Go out on dates. Go on road trips and camp outs. Try out a cruise, you may even enjoy it. Go have experiences with friends.

My oldest brother that I talk to frequently is a surgeon, believe me, there are no guarantees in life. You have no clue how your health will hold up over time.

It’s crazy to me that a group of people will throw away their 20s and 30s in hope that there’s some magical happy point in their 40s. It’s very misguided.

[_Kangchi_😎 @_Kangchi_8]

Nigerian pidgin is hilarious 😂😂😂

Question: Light Dey?
Answer: Light Dey

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

A very important document to start the conversation on the future of how AI impacts humanity & the case for a new industrial policy, by the team at @OpenAI

Rather than reading "takes," always read the source document.

https://t.co/fSAEcmtmnQ

[thewalkingWord @Caleemulah]

Taking agency >>

[Liam @liamsmith86]

@GenAI_is_real

[thewalkingWord @Caleemulah]

@Ssaasquatch There is a function of the number of times the movie or scenes were rewatched too

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

Your Habits do 1 of 3 things:
1. Build you
2. Maintain status quo
3. Regress you

During your day, take note of which habits are doing what...

And you can easily see opportunity to level up.

[thewalkingWord @Caleemulah]

Inflation definitely affects your customers behaviour, which affects your business.

[Geekay @gkbalogs]

I hear some business owners say, “inflation doesn’t concern them… we just focus on our business.” I usually smile when I hear that, because whether you care or not, inflation cares about you.... You see things like inflation, exchange rates, interest rates shape your business operating environment in so many ways.

- They determine how much your raw materials cost.
- They affect how much your customers can afford to spend.
- They influence demand, even when your product or price hasn’t changed.
- They impact your ability to access capital to grow.

Sometimes you might not feel it immediately, but it shows up gradually, and if you’re not paying attention, you’ll keep operating like nothing has changed… while the business is slowly being squeezed.

Now, you don’t need to become an economist, but you need awareness. Because while you may not be able to control these external forces, you can control your response to them.

- You can adjust your pricing.
- Tighten your costs.
- Rethink your product mix.
- Improve efficiency.
- Plan your cash better.

You can simply decide not to be caught off guard, especially as you grow, expand, and start making bigger decisions. All of these decisions, sit inside the wider economic reality. Ignore it if you want, but it won’t ignore you.

Instead:
- Stay aware (learn).
- Ask questions.
- Be Flexible.
- Adjust early.

In business, the environment will always matter, whether you acknowledge it or not.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

If you really want to hold yourself to a high standard, graph the growth rate of the number you care about instead of the number itself. Then you're winning if you can even keep it flat.

[Premier League @premierleague]

What an impact Michael Carrick has made at @ManUtd 👏

[thewalkingWord @Caleemulah]

Own goal

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

So very concretely the outcome of the war so far is that Iran controls the world's most critical energy chokepoint, and Russia can now sell their own oil freely and at a premium.

I can't think of another U.S. war that's been such an obvious strategic disaster so quickly: normally it takes them a couple of years...

[thewalkingWord @Caleemulah]

@FurkanGozukara @ggreenwald So surprised Morgan allowed him to even talk for that long.
Man doesn't brook honest arguments he doesn't want to hear from guests

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Churn is the worst reason to have slow growth. Churn means you're not just unknown, or that there's a big threshold to sign up. It means people are actually trying the product and deciding they don't like it.

[Tola @adetolaov]

The architecture war is starting.

LLM v JEPA (a method LeCun proposed in 2022)

[thewalkingWord @Caleemulah]

I hope this ages well, lol.

Why all the performative anger though ?

[Roy @im_roy_lee]

BREAKING:

Cluely CEO officially responds to TechCrunch