"The fate of the country does not depend on how you vote at the polls... but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning."
- Thoreau
The Anthropic post-mortem is insane. I thought it would be a bunch of really subtle bugs, but its mostly just: "we made this insane decision for bad reasons without thinking through the potential consequences at all" over and over again
My oldest started playing baseball in the yard at 2 after watching a Tatis bat flip. He would set up the tee, crank one, fling the bat, and slide back into home.
This is how the game grows.
@greiser There’s an additional consideration around asset allocation. If your boomer parents shifted to 90% bonds or have a concentrated stock position, you can wind up over indexed.
“Your mom & I are rolling $2m in treasuries you’re going to inherit” = more stocks in your portfolio
@girdley I want the same thing and was really disappointed with Apple’s lackluster launch (or lack thereof) on Intelligence but read this article from Ben Thomson and understand why it’s taking a bit longer / requires more security focus.
https://t.co/rLZ3gDsQRw
@girdley Can’t say enough about ATG / Knees Over Toes training. I’ve wrestled and done BJJ since I was 7. Played rugby in college. At some point my body said “enough” and multiple things went.
Took a year to rebuild but I haven’t had an injury in 2 years.
@moseskagan It’s so important to internalize that we prioritize freedom, which is an anomaly in the history of humanity.
All things equal, we believe it’s far worse for an innocent man to lose his freedom than for a guilty man to walk free.
It’s not a value if there’s not a cost.
@PutrinoLab@hubermanlab And to the point about injuries. The “fastest” way to undo all of your hard work is get injured doing something your body can’t handle.
Compounding gains requires you to not get sidelined for 4-8 weeks and have to rebuild from a lower base.
I often find fiction reveals great truths without using facts while non-fiction presents facts with no great truths.
Frank Herbert cooked with this one: