Routines aren't about optimization. They're about storytelling.
The Optimization Trap: Why Too Much Efficiency Makes Us Fragile with Olivier Hamant
Small Programming Tricks
A lot of effective engineering comes from the accumulation of small nuggets of knowledge.
The Optimization Trap: Why Too Much Efficiency Makes Us Fragile - The Great Simplification
In this episode, Nate is joined by biologist and biophysicist Olivier Hamant to explore why living systems prioritize robustness over performance, and what that means for a civilization built almost entirely in the opposite direction.
The Friction I Don't Want to Lose
I love learning. And while the friction of solving new problems is increasingly traded for speed, the experience gained by overcoming that friction is as important as ever.
A beautiful constraint – summary
A beautiful constraint. How to transform your limitations into advantages. By Adam Morgan & Mark Barden. Summarised by paul_arnold@me.com – Strategic facilitator, planner and trainer. Th…
People Spend Too Much Time On Decisions with Equally Satisfying Outcomes
The pitfalls of analysis paralysis
Optimistic Computing
I recently made two new friends: Abhinav Omprakash and Dawn Walker. Abhinav said I’m an optimist and I should write about it. Dawn said I shouldn’t try to coin any new terms. I should know better, but this essay follows Abhinav’s recommendation — and credits Dawn, in the very likely event I should have followed her advice instead. I have been alive for approximately four decades. Each of those decades was witness to its own fun brand of computering.
Forget coding, we need to teach our kids how to dream
Tom Goodwin on the five key attributes we should help kids develop instead of focusing on knowledge.
Hammock Driven Development
Rich Hickey gave a very interesting talk on problem solving titled "Hammock Driven Development". Rich took a much more personal (experiential) angle with this talk, so while it was sparse on...
The Architect of Constraints: Why Context Engineering Is the Human Skill That Matters
“If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes defining the problem and 5 minutes solving it.” — Albert Einstein
Optimizely - AI to create and optimize digital experiences
Everything marketing and digital teams need to create content fast, test and personalize, and prove business impact.
Introducing Routines: Research that keeps working - Elicit
Tell the Elicit Research Agent what to keep current. Routines find new evidence, update your work, and report back for your review.
be diligent
For individuals It's challenging to work a process when it moves slower than feels appropriate. In the context of computer conversations, the tactic of s...
How to be more ambitious: A tutorial for humans with models
“We’re not ambitious enough” is easy to post and hard to follow. Here’s a practical tutorial, with prompts.
Superhuman: What can AI do in 30 minutes?
AI multiplies your efforts. I found out by how much...
Algorithm Mediated Experiences
On the effects of algorithms on everyday experiences
AI in Disguise—Quasi-Experimental Analysis of a Large-Scale Deployment of AI-Generated Ads
The Effects of Search Interface on Consumer Preferences: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
AI, Human Cognition and Knowledge Collapse
State media control influences large language models
The shrinking landscape of linguistic diversity in the age of large language models
Artificial intelligence in communication impacts language and social relationships