On Simple Systems
Richard You don’t need to master a complicated system to get results. Sometimes, a few techniques that work well together are enough. Back in the late โ90s, I picked up speed…
Mindset
๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐. ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ.
While recording what became โLoser,โ Beck tried rapping with the force and authority of the Public Enemy frontman. Then he listened to the playback. He thought he sounded ridiculous. That…
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป’๐ ๐๐ป๐๐๐น๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐
A few months ago, a meme circulated in AI circles claiming that the meaner you are to a model, the better its answers get. I never tested it. But it…
Sun Tzu Walks Into A Seinfeld Episode…
Ray Bradbury found his voice by reading Melville and watching Universal monster movies. James Joyce built a modern epic by laying Homeric structure over a breakfast of Dublin kidney. Vladimir…
Bad Things Come to Those Who Wait
For months, I felt trapped in a recurring nightmare. I went through seven job interviews across three different school districts, and every one followed the same script. I would put…