Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week)

best day of my life

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

i swear the most effective way to get good at anything is to find comfort (or even joy) in not being good at it yet

(then many playful reps, but that's inevitable after step 1)

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

@MomaBera still working up the courage

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

crying was shamed out of me growing up. i suppressed it altogether from age 13–27

now i'm on a plane casually tearing up at toy story 5

life's a billion times better this way

feel your feelings bro

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

@davidshimel i got told this too last night. underrated compliment

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

PB&J is GRAPE jelly??? Americans is this true

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

@visakanv - reps
- at the edge of the comfort zone
- in an environment that welcomes rather than shames wherever you're currently at / a 'failed' rep

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

The issue is that abundance of resources was never the issue

We already had an abundance of resources after the industrial revolution, and arguably other times before that

People as a whole don't want to distribute them in a way where everyone gets plenty

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

@cgenco I hope you're right

And I'm working on it

Can we shift society as a whole in the abundance direction, instead of recreating the old pattern but bigger/worse

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

@cgenco I hope you're right

And I'm working on it

Can we shift society as a whole in the abundance direction, instead of recreating the old pattern but bigger/worse

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

I'm curious what will happen here on the individual level, and on the collective level. They're not necessarily the same

There are people like Pieter here who are taking the free time to be outside and be with loved ones and feel more contented than ever.

And there are others who are feeling the pressure to fill the extra time with more productivity and more grind and they are more stressed than ever.

In each case the productivity boost from AI is shining light on (and accelerating) the proclivity of each individual.

Does the world collectively have enough of the former type of person that society itself will orient around living more than grinding?

I'd love for the answer to be yes, but I predict it's no. I think many individuals will thrive, and it's my life mission to increase how many people this is true for… but in the short term I don't see society as a whole taking this win; it would violate too many people's (subconscious) need for stress and discontentment and overwhelm.

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

I'm curious what will happen here on the individual level, and on the collective level. They're not necessarily the same

There are people like Pieter here who are taking the free time to be outside and be with loved ones and feel more contented than ever.

And there are others who are feeling the pressure to fill the extra time with more productivity and more grind and they are more stressed than ever.

In each case the productivity boost from AI is shining light on (and accelerating) the proclivity of each individual.

Does the world collectively have enough of the former type of person that society itself will orient around living more than grinding?

I'd love for the answer to be yes, but I predict it's no. I think many individuals will thrive, and it's my life mission to increase how many people this is true for… but in the short term I don't see society as a whole taking this win; it would violate too many people's (subconscious) need for stress and discontentment and overwhelm.

[@levelsio @levelsio]

Yes, I have so much time now

I honestly feel like we're entering a new time of leisure where people are just talking to their agents to steer the direction of our work, while they work in the background 24/7

Like @felixrieseberg did while building his new homepage literally on a bike ride while talking to Claude on iOS

I already kinda did this with scheduled cron jobs for years, my sites were almost fully automated, but I still had to add features or fix bugs sometimes, but now for a year or more that part is also fully automated by AI

So then we just have so much leisure time suddenly available, that we can spend time with the ppl we love, do more fun things, play games, work on our health/fitness, be outside more, etc.

Some of that freed up time now goes into new projects, but there's a certain level of creative expression for me where it's sufficient and I am starting more and more to see I am spending that way from a computer screen too, and prefer it that way

Maybe this is the new time where we can finally live not work, as it was predicted 96 years ago by Keynes. That prediction never really came to fruition though because the automation that was invented just moved the work up to higher level (like from making actual things to financial, managerial, administrative, etc.) and people chose to just consume more, so they had to work more again!

But maybe now is different though, it definitely feels different to me

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

@lkr I haven't tried it, was waiting for an endorsement like this one

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

@lkr 🤍

what does the overwhelm feel like in you?

[Jack Ellis @JackEllis]

Why would I pay $15/month for your software when I can plan, build, review, improve, host, launch, scale, secure, patch, monitor and debug it myself?

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

Enthusiasm and enjoyment are the skill ✨

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

@charlierward I've definitely fucked up some launches by optimistically validating

now I play almost the opposite, devil's advocate, assume it's a bad idea unless they can persuade me it's good

"why would you use this, can't you just use [competitor]?"

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

it's fascinating that the rise of all these robots is forcing us to adapt to something more human

you can't hack engagement any more

the one thing that's working is reverting back to true service and true relationship and true creativity

the best things imo

i'm excited

[Jay Clouse @jayclouse]

Every creator is feeling this, but no one is saying it:

A lot of the strategies that used to work for creators aren’t working anymore.

It’s harder to get the same attention you used to.

And you have two options:

→ You can pack it up and quit
→ Or you can adapt, meet the moment, and keep going

For me, adapting means two things:

1.) Focus less on the outcome
2.) Change what I’m optimizing for

Instead of focusing my attention on how many people see something, I’m focusing my attention on the people who do.

Attention is harder to earn right now. But you can still make something worth paying attention to.

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

@chrislakin @signulll i've renamed Views in my browser, i prefer false positives

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

@chrislakin @signulll to like is vulnerable

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

@MomaBera “Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time”

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

way more fun to teach, too

[Chris Lakin @chrislakin]

courage is in shorter supply than genius

[Shai Schechter (is in nyc this week) @shaisc]

@petersuhm what does entrepreneurial mindset mean to you?