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If you’re not *absolutely sure* that school is broken, just look at how we teach math. I saw the problems firsthand 👇

William Strunk, an English Professor, quietly published a 43 page guide to writing and gave it to a dozen students ONE of them turned it into the highest-selling writing guide of all time: The Elements Of Style (1959) HERE are its 9 tips to captivate people with words Thread: https://t.co/nSV1SGWGRS

when I grow up I want to be a rational actor with perfect information

Google’s chief scientist, @JeffDean (joined Google 24 years ago), talks about start-up growing pains. https://t.co/NRqVcNKhTr

I spent the last 4 weeks building the holy grail of web scraping: It's a universal web scraper, built with GPT-4 + Vision + Headless Chrome The simple methods I tried at the start didn't work well: full page screenshots or the full HTML ended up being too much data to parse https://t.co/ivqwSTv0MG

When a scholar like Prof. Mearsheimer feels compelled to get on record so that “historians will see that some Americans were on the right side of history” then it’s worth paying attention. https://t.co/Hmh7glEex5

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Music is perhaps the most powerful and developed form of neurotechnology we have. Its ability to change our conscious experience with mere sound is extraordinary. Soon, with that very medium, we will be able to give people conscious experiences as divine as music. https://t.co/26qMLZqIaD

Is PM a “fake profession”? https://t.co/pfzl9LO66X

huge difference between "everything wrong in my life is my fault" and "everything wrong in my life is my responsibility" https://t.co/wMBF70pOKX

When I tell folks not to be humble, this is what I'm often referring to. If you are not surfacing what you do, often no one notices. Watching mediocre people rise as you produce better product & better results, is a morale killer. Be tasteful - and show your worth.

They really weren't kidding when they said ChatGPT will revolutionize Science! (According to ChatGPT..) https://t.co/vZM9xf7JsN https://t.co/xMMAgqoWXr

Philosophers have been too focused on the client-server model of consciousness: Eg. our conscious perspective plugging us into the “objective world” server. There is no reason to believe that there is a single objective world outside of us, and that we are not instead a…

The "Ship of Theseus" article has been edited 1792 times since it was created in July of 2003. At present, 0% of the phrases in the original article (seen below) remain. https://t.co/MzUUqfpiHK

This is undoubtedly just the beginning of a new age of scientific discovery https://t.co/Pg5J2b58oS

Me: I'd like to buy a washing machine GE: ok Me: and I need an espresso maker GE: no prob Me: oh yeah and I also want a hypersonic missile with a turbine-based combined-cycle engine you know where I can find a good one? GE: you're not gonna believe this but... https://t.co/Kv21YXlmrM

Show me anything sexier than this shot of Concorde going Mach 2 to keep up with the shadow of the 1973 solar eclipse for a record breaking 70 minutes https://t.co/3Rfj2r6UAU

I can have a call where there are millions on the line...and then go outside an hour later for a veterinary visit with a sheep. Broad ranges make us better. Experiences that are intense, beautiful, and multi-faceted. Dare yourself to lead a big life.

the quitting to awakening pipeline https://t.co/NSwSvpMDot

Welcome to Curio, where toys come to life! 🧸 We've partnered with @Grimezsz on our first 3 characters: Grok 🚀, Gabbo🤖, and Grem👽. Order by Sunday to receive a Beta Program Certificate in the mail before Xmas, toys ship early 2024! https://t.co/AQFtMIU7sG https://t.co/vLVI3PTaMN

I am not a millionaire yet. But I wake up every morning doing whatever I want . I might not have financial freedom, but I have a good amount of money locked away and two cash flowing businesses. I can go on vacation whenever I want. I wouldn’t take a $500,000 a year

A lot of historians dismiss the idea that Europe suffered through a "Dark Age" But if you plot the proportions of significant figures listed in encyclopedias by ethnicity over the years, there weren't a whole lot of Europeans during the Dark Ages The Dark Age was probably real https://t.co/ylbp5UxGnW

POV you are living in interesting times https://t.co/c4oqME5uEz

I just finished reading Elon Musk’s biography by Walter Isaacson. The most interesting take away? Hard work is not the (only) reason for Elon’s success. There’s no doubt hard work has played a major role in him building 3 multibillion dollar companies in different industries, https://t.co/o8FRe9O0LH

Another thread-of-threads for the Christmas countdown... this time, it's the miracle of the gas turbine engine: #1: Fan blades & design inertia: Rolls-Royce vs General Electric. https://t.co/9xG6sjn8tv

Axel Springer and OpenAI partner to deepen beneficial use of AI in journalism https://t.co/pTccf8iTrE https://t.co/SE5D9JbixI

Want an easy, visual introduction to David Deutsch’s The Beginning of Infinity? Here it is: A one-hour video on the cosmic significance of knowledge and people. (And I used my lovely new homemade lightboard ✨) Buy here: https://t.co/fpT2OhCixR https://t.co/MAWGrIz5af

I keep thinking about how it wasn't the parent who provided unconditional love; it was the child

There’s a new bot in town 🤖 Check this out (until the very end)! https://t.co/duFdhwNe3K https://t.co/8pbhwW0WNc

I think about this twice a day. Every morning when I sit down to read & then when I sit down to write, I say to myself, "Accept the initial agitation." When you try to focus, Andrew Huberman explains, "the brain circuits that turn on first are of the stress system." Meaning:… https://t.co/1VQsNgTlDh