just-the-wrk

Have we all forgotten Tim Ferriss' book 'The 4 Hour Work Week'?

It was enormously influential and was likely involved in every one of these failed entrepreneur's ventures

This discussion reads like 'staying inside from 2019-2022 changed social structures' without saying COVID once

I suspect I am financing this, both directly and indirectly, and I don't feel as though these actions represent my values or interests.

I think this person is asking the most effective entity they can find. Anthropic's offerings are better than the competition. CC and MCP came out of of their labs, and everybody scrambled to copy or adopt them. Their models consistently work better than the competition. Whenever a feature seems inevitable, they release a subtly polished version.

For years I struggled to answer "what company is Apple's equivalent in software?" and I think it might be Anthropic.

recently there has been a consistent drip of layoffs each day. they kind of chose all of the options

they are now estimating 18% instead of 17%

I think the AI angle is a fig leaf for perpetual mismanagement. Managers at Block privately complained there were a lot of people doing almost no work. Recently, teams have lost people one at a time, sometimes laid off the day after each other.

If they can organize employees to make more money, they will. But they can't and admitted it.

Or the wealth could accumulate in the hands of a few

After her quote about Christmas in Sacramento, I wanted to enjoy Joan so much. I discovered a scold instead. Her viewpoint is contempt, and its tiring (slouching). Sometimes its boring (a year of magical thinking). I found a guilty pleasure in her writing about Nancy Reagan, because I also despise Nancy Reagan.

The last time I tried to enjoy her was an essay criticizing the first carpool lanes in California.

I hope her work is lost to voices who see possibilities

i love this, thank you!

He does deep research on topics and invites people who recognize his efforts and want to engage with an informed audience.

I think its important to include that Lex is laundromat for whatever the guest is trying to sell. Dwarkesh does an impressive amount of background and speaks with experts about their expertise.

This is amazing, thank you. I love the use of Ironridge rails for mounting