Reality Bends You Before You Bend Reality
Why ‘seek truth from facts’ is not about honesty, but about letting reality rewrite your beliefs
Why ‘seek truth from facts’ is not about honesty, but about letting reality rewrite your beliefs
The smart person’s social problem isn’t being too smart—it’s not knowing when to shut up
The real challenge isn’t doing things well. It’s doing them at all.
Why psychological theories don’t make you happier, and how the illusion of control creates more anxiety than ignorance ever did
Efficiency gains don’t create leisure because technology is selecting what kind of humans survive
Product development in the AI era isn’t about building better products—it’s about building better assembly lines
In the AI gold rush, ‘being contrarian’ has become its own consensus; the real move is choosing the life that fits you.
The model and product layers in the AI industry are more clearly separated than ever.
Rich consensus is no longer necessary as compute outperforms labor as a leverage
The Bitter Lesson is true for research, but product development requires working with the model’s grain, not against it.