I simply believe what every well adjusted man believed pre 1971:
People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying ‘no’ to 1,000 things.
– Steve Jobs
Think about this:
Once AIs take off you’re not going to need to navigate terrible UIs anymore.
The simple prompt / chat interface will be the first manifestation but it won’t be the last.
Why?
Because most people need help generating prompts. Empty canvasses overwhelm them and feel like work. So interfaces will have to evolve to help people think of interesting things to do.
We need more MicroStrategy purchase announcements
Every individual and community should control their own LLMs. The alternative is a dystopian nightmare.
Freedom is not the end. It is a mean to the end.
Everything changed when I started viewing the bitcoin price in SATS PER USD
Currently: 3297
“When you sell the property or refinance the loan, they take up to 20% of the appreciation. The homeowner gets to keep 80%”
Saying:
“I don’t understand how people could think x”
is really saying:
“I haven’t steelmanned their view on x”
Federations fix this
Two ways hubris effects the product process:
Engineers rush to produce solutions while Designers spend too much time perfecting solutions. Both will typically lead to mediocre solutions.
Rushing to a solution means you didn’t take enough time to understand the problem. And spending too much time “perfecting” the solution means you aren’t leaving room for new problems to come from your “solution”.
Humility fixes this.