Andreas Thung

A curious cat

[Min Choi @minchoi]

This is wild.

Japan's Kawasaki just built a 4 legged robot, CORLEO, that runs, climbs, and jumps like a horse.

Runs on hydrogen.

Feels like riding a sci-fi beast🤯

6 insane features:

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The best ideas from 2023.

The top 1% of ideas I encountered:

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[Chief Nerd @TheChiefNerd]

MUSK: “The judge is the public.”

SORKIN: “And you think that the public is going to say that Disney is making a mistake?”

MUSK: “Yes.”

SORKIN: “And they’re going to boycott Disney?”

MUSK: “They already are.”

@elonmusk

[Andreas Thung @riaari01]

Is this the future? https://t.co/8K3VvUJXUh

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

We're all plagued by the same disease.

Short-term thinking is a virus of the mind that holds us back from achieving our true potential.

If we can't do it today – or at least in the very near future – we tend to doubt our ability to do it at all.

According to Jeff Bezos, we've got it all wrong.

In 2017, while being interviewed by his brother, Jeff was asked about his perspective on short vs. long-term thinking.

Here's what he said:

"Long-term thinking is a lever. It lets you do things that you could not do or couldn't even conceive of doing if you were thinking short-term."

To illustrate, he goes on to give an example:

"If I collaborated with somebody here in this audience and I said, 'Look I want you to solve world hunger and I want you to do it in five years' you would properly reject the opportunity.

You would say 'Look it's not possible it's not practical.'

But if I said look, I want you to solve world hunger in a hundred years, that's a job you'd take. Because it's a much more addressable problem."

Two Takeaways:

1. Give yourself the right time horizon

We place higher expectations on ourselves than anyone else. We expect to do more, with fewer resources, in less time.

Ambitious? Sure.

Realistic? Not always.

Make sure your timeline is reasonable for the goal you're trying to achieve.

2. Breathing Room

Bezos says: "If everything has to work in two to three years, then that limits what you can do. If you give yourself the breathing room to say, okay... I'm okay if this takes 7 years, all of a sudden you have way more opportunities."

When we box ourselves into an unreasonable timeframe we make rash decisions, cut corners, and –as a byproduct of being rushed – don't do our best work.

Give yourself permission to breathe.

A little pressure is good, but apply too much, and anything (or anyone) will eventually break.

Never let the thirst for short-term gratification distract you from achieving your long-term goal.

If you enjoyed this, follow me @blakeaburge for more.

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Here's my conversation with @WalterIsaacson, author of the new biography on @elonmusk and one of the greatest biographers ever, having written incredible books on Einstein, Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, Jennifer Doudna, Benjamin Franklin, and many others. Outline of our conversation:
0:00 - Introduction
3:00 - Difficult childhood
20:04 - Jennifer Doudna
23:01 - Einstein
28:20 - Tesla
45:24 - Elon Musk's humor
49:34 - Steve Jobs' cruelty
52:58 - Twitter
1:05:07 - Firing
1:07:52 - Hiring
1:16:55 - Time management
1:24:39 - Groups vs individuals
1:28:25 - Mortality
1:31:57 - How to write
1:52:56 - Love & relationships
1:57:50 - Advice for young people

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Tesla Semi Truck launch in 5 mins!

[Dan Rose @DanRose999]

I was at Amzn early '00s when we lost 95% of our market cap. Later at FB I negotiated a down-round in '09, and then in '12 our stock dropped 50% post-IPO. I was on the board of a public company that went bankrupt (Borders) and a start-up that went under (Hello). Some lessons:

[Gary Vaynerchuk @garyvee]

Fuck

[Andreas Thung @riaari01]

#AuthenticLeader

[Marriott International @MarriottIntl]

A message to Marriott International associates from President and CEO Arne Sorenson.

[Financial Post @financialpost]

IMF ready to mobilize $1 trillion in loans to help countries counter coronavirus outbreak https://t.co/Gbaseaw2tD

[Andreas Thung @riaari01]

Today Bell will donate 5¢ towards #mentalhealth initiatives for each use of #BellLetsTalk. Please take action and support this great cause.

[CNN @CNN]

Banksy painting 'self-destructs' moments after being sold for $1.4 million at auction https://t.co/7vZCtzefGO

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

View from SpaceX Launch Control. Apparently, there is a car in orbit around Earth.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Currently over Australia 🇦🇺

[Andreas Thung @riaari01]

Why electric transport trucks may about to become more popular than electric passenger cars https://t.co/lpQmAlyeXF

[Andreas Thung @riaari01]

https://t.co/VCcCAFp7UM

[Andreas Thung @riaari01]

Driverless trains are coming to Toronto. https://t.co/m3JeGEF0I2

[CBC News Alerts @CBCAlerts]

Montreal surgeon 1st in North America to use augmented reality technology on sinus patients: https://t.co/J9d2xBiykY