a few links amidst the busiest of times

• Tying yourself to the mast - by Cate Hall - Useful Fictions

  commitment is somethin you make, not something you feel

  commitment is a living system of obligations and consequences that cause you to rise above your temporary frailty

• My sentence on time management - Marginal REVOLUTION

  All people are equally good at time management, but some people are more willing than others to admit that they are doing what they want to do, while others maintain the illusion they wish they were doing something else

• Request for Curiosity
• After months of coding with LLMs, I'm going back to using my brain • albertofortin.com
  • treat AI as an assistant, not architect
  • overreliance reduces mental sharpness and ability to plan features
• Cool people
  • the 6 universal traits of cool people:
    • extroverted - comfortable in social situations, energized by interaction
    • hedonistic - driven to enjoy life and pursue pleasure
    • powerful - assertive, independent, natural authority
    • adventurous - open to risk, novelty, and uncertainty
    • open - receptive to new experiences and ideas
    • autonomous - independent, self-directed
• The Case for More Ambition - Jack Morris

  Research that stands the test of time is research that (a) is simple and (b) scales well