All direct routes to greatness are profited away as everyone chases the same obvious path to it.
Greatness then isn’t a destination; it’s what happens along the way when you’re exploring your curiosity and having fun operating at the edge of your ability.
Greatness then isn’t a destination; it’s what happens along the way when you’re exploring your curiosity and having fun operating at the edge of your ability.
January 19, 2026 at 4:55 AM
All direct routes to greatness are profited away as everyone chases the same obvious path to it.
Greatness then isn’t a destination; it’s what happens along the way when you’re exploring your curiosity and having fun operating at the edge of your ability.
Greatness then isn’t a destination; it’s what happens along the way when you’re exploring your curiosity and having fun operating at the edge of your ability.
Within a few years we will come to a stage where anything that’s solvable either an AI system will be able to solve it or show us a detailed execution plan for it.
So, start cultivating a mindset that anything can be solved but choosing a problem to attack is where the alpha is!
So, start cultivating a mindset that anything can be solved but choosing a problem to attack is where the alpha is!
January 19, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Within a few years we will come to a stage where anything that’s solvable either an AI system will be able to solve it or show us a detailed execution plan for it.
So, start cultivating a mindset that anything can be solved but choosing a problem to attack is where the alpha is!
So, start cultivating a mindset that anything can be solved but choosing a problem to attack is where the alpha is!
What’s the future of science when a Claude Code like system can churn out a decent empirical paper in under an hour?
I think this deserves a discussion.
Academic output is getting inundated already with LLM-accelerated papers. What should human scientists pivot to?
I think this deserves a discussion.
Academic output is getting inundated already with LLM-accelerated papers. What should human scientists pivot to?
January 18, 2026 at 7:14 AM
What’s the future of science when a Claude Code like system can churn out a decent empirical paper in under an hour?
I think this deserves a discussion.
Academic output is getting inundated already with LLM-accelerated papers. What should human scientists pivot to?
I think this deserves a discussion.
Academic output is getting inundated already with LLM-accelerated papers. What should human scientists pivot to?
People talk about gratitude journaling a lot, but not a lot is talked about wins journaling.
Every now and then, you should sit and document all the wins in your life, no matter how small or big, in both personal and professional domains.
Every now and then, you should sit and document all the wins in your life, no matter how small or big, in both personal and professional domains.
January 17, 2026 at 1:27 PM
People talk about gratitude journaling a lot, but not a lot is talked about wins journaling.
Every now and then, you should sit and document all the wins in your life, no matter how small or big, in both personal and professional domains.
Every now and then, you should sit and document all the wins in your life, no matter how small or big, in both personal and professional domains.
Will we forget what pre-LLM era looked like?
Was chatting with a friend yesterday and it hit us that pretty soon we will forget what it was to live without LLMs.
It’ll be inconceivable to us that there was a time when if you had a question, you did not get an intelligent instant answer for it.
Was chatting with a friend yesterday and it hit us that pretty soon we will forget what it was to live without LLMs.
It’ll be inconceivable to us that there was a time when if you had a question, you did not get an intelligent instant answer for it.
January 16, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Will we forget what pre-LLM era looked like?
Was chatting with a friend yesterday and it hit us that pretty soon we will forget what it was to live without LLMs.
It’ll be inconceivable to us that there was a time when if you had a question, you did not get an intelligent instant answer for it.
Was chatting with a friend yesterday and it hit us that pretty soon we will forget what it was to live without LLMs.
It’ll be inconceivable to us that there was a time when if you had a question, you did not get an intelligent instant answer for it.
Are we headed towards a stable dystopia?
I've been thinking about how AI is going to shape up society and one particular scenario seems like a high-probability outcome to me. Here's how it could play out:
• AI automates more and more of human-work
I've been thinking about how AI is going to shape up society and one particular scenario seems like a high-probability outcome to me. Here's how it could play out:
• AI automates more and more of human-work
January 13, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Are we headed towards a stable dystopia?
I've been thinking about how AI is going to shape up society and one particular scenario seems like a high-probability outcome to me. Here's how it could play out:
• AI automates more and more of human-work
I've been thinking about how AI is going to shape up society and one particular scenario seems like a high-probability outcome to me. Here's how it could play out:
• AI automates more and more of human-work
Evolution gave us the gift of abstract thought, but along with that came the poison of existential dread as a free rider.
January 13, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Evolution gave us the gift of abstract thought, but along with that came the poison of existential dread as a free rider.
The trick to getting AI to work for you is to break down your problem into specific, smaller tasks (ideally into units that don’t take more than 10 minutes for a human).
January 12, 2026 at 5:04 AM
The trick to getting AI to work for you is to break down your problem into specific, smaller tasks (ideally into units that don’t take more than 10 minutes for a human).
Here’s the thing with happiness: you can’t accumulate it, you can’t bottle it.
Everyday you must start anew: wait for that dopamine rush that reaffirms that life is beautiful.
Or.. you can view happiness as a skill and practice it until it becomes your second nature.
Everyday you must start anew: wait for that dopamine rush that reaffirms that life is beautiful.
Or.. you can view happiness as a skill and practice it until it becomes your second nature.
January 12, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Here’s the thing with happiness: you can’t accumulate it, you can’t bottle it.
Everyday you must start anew: wait for that dopamine rush that reaffirms that life is beautiful.
Or.. you can view happiness as a skill and practice it until it becomes your second nature.
Everyday you must start anew: wait for that dopamine rush that reaffirms that life is beautiful.
Or.. you can view happiness as a skill and practice it until it becomes your second nature.
Pragmatism, at its core, is pretty simple
Only talk about things that you can observe in the real world and find (creative) ways to verify them.
Everything else is a mental-construct, and hence your word is as good as mine. What should settle the debate is observables.
Only talk about things that you can observe in the real world and find (creative) ways to verify them.
Everything else is a mental-construct, and hence your word is as good as mine. What should settle the debate is observables.
January 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Pragmatism, at its core, is pretty simple
Only talk about things that you can observe in the real world and find (creative) ways to verify them.
Everything else is a mental-construct, and hence your word is as good as mine. What should settle the debate is observables.
Only talk about things that you can observe in the real world and find (creative) ways to verify them.
Everything else is a mental-construct, and hence your word is as good as mine. What should settle the debate is observables.
I wonder if Claude Code or a tool like it will become the de facto way of doing knowledge work.
It’s really like having a smart virtual assistant with full control of your computer and access to Internet - wouldn’t it replace how we work today?
It’s really like having a smart virtual assistant with full control of your computer and access to Internet - wouldn’t it replace how we work today?
January 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
I wonder if Claude Code or a tool like it will become the de facto way of doing knowledge work.
It’s really like having a smart virtual assistant with full control of your computer and access to Internet - wouldn’t it replace how we work today?
It’s really like having a smart virtual assistant with full control of your computer and access to Internet - wouldn’t it replace how we work today?
I love how we go about life not knowing what we’re upto, yet pretending to everyone that we have a damn fine plan.
January 8, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I love how we go about life not knowing what we’re upto, yet pretending to everyone that we have a damn fine plan.
Steal this idea.
A Claude Code wrapper that goes line-by-line and module-by-module to explain the code and reasons behind it, plus also allowing you to intervene / comment at any level.
A Claude Code wrapper that goes line-by-line and module-by-module to explain the code and reasons behind it, plus also allowing you to intervene / comment at any level.
January 8, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Steal this idea.
A Claude Code wrapper that goes line-by-line and module-by-module to explain the code and reasons behind it, plus also allowing you to intervene / comment at any level.
A Claude Code wrapper that goes line-by-line and module-by-module to explain the code and reasons behind it, plus also allowing you to intervene / comment at any level.
I think in addition to measuring AI capabilities, we should also start measuring human+AI capabilities.
Only when we pay attention to what teaming up does will we start optimizing AI to uplift humans instead of replacing them.
Only when we pay attention to what teaming up does will we start optimizing AI to uplift humans instead of replacing them.
January 8, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I think in addition to measuring AI capabilities, we should also start measuring human+AI capabilities.
Only when we pay attention to what teaming up does will we start optimizing AI to uplift humans instead of replacing them.
Only when we pay attention to what teaming up does will we start optimizing AI to uplift humans instead of replacing them.
If I had to choose two ultimately difficult questions, I’d pick the following:
1. Why do the physical constants and laws in our universe seem finetuned for complex phenomena like life?
2. What are the right questions to ask about consciousness that can allow us to approach it scientifically?
1. Why do the physical constants and laws in our universe seem finetuned for complex phenomena like life?
2. What are the right questions to ask about consciousness that can allow us to approach it scientifically?
January 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
If I had to choose two ultimately difficult questions, I’d pick the following:
1. Why do the physical constants and laws in our universe seem finetuned for complex phenomena like life?
2. What are the right questions to ask about consciousness that can allow us to approach it scientifically?
1. Why do the physical constants and laws in our universe seem finetuned for complex phenomena like life?
2. What are the right questions to ask about consciousness that can allow us to approach it scientifically?
Give someone a lot of free time and they start wondering the meaning of life, which quickly precipitates to a full-blown existential crisis.
January 7, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Give someone a lot of free time and they start wondering the meaning of life, which quickly precipitates to a full-blown existential crisis.
Are interactive essays the future of education?
I asked Claude Code to build an interactive essay for PCA + SVD that works client side. Notice how python code executes and graphs are generated WITHOUT any backend!
Play with it yourself 👇
I asked Claude Code to build an interactive essay for PCA + SVD that works client side. Notice how python code executes and graphs are generated WITHOUT any backend!
Play with it yourself 👇
January 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Are interactive essays the future of education?
I asked Claude Code to build an interactive essay for PCA + SVD that works client side. Notice how python code executes and graphs are generated WITHOUT any backend!
Play with it yourself 👇
I asked Claude Code to build an interactive essay for PCA + SVD that works client side. Notice how python code executes and graphs are generated WITHOUT any backend!
Play with it yourself 👇
Writing is sensemaking.
So when you delegate writing, you also delegate sensemaking; over a period of time, it makes you feel like you know a lot without actually knowing much.
So when you delegate writing, you also delegate sensemaking; over a period of time, it makes you feel like you know a lot without actually knowing much.
January 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Writing is sensemaking.
So when you delegate writing, you also delegate sensemaking; over a period of time, it makes you feel like you know a lot without actually knowing much.
So when you delegate writing, you also delegate sensemaking; over a period of time, it makes you feel like you know a lot without actually knowing much.
Whenever you’re unhappy, blame it on external factors: lack of sun, pollution or the news.
Whenever you’re happy, internalise it to your identity: well you’re a happy person, after all!
Be positively delusional when it comes to your mental health.
Whenever you’re happy, internalise it to your identity: well you’re a happy person, after all!
Be positively delusional when it comes to your mental health.
January 5, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Whenever you’re unhappy, blame it on external factors: lack of sun, pollution or the news.
Whenever you’re happy, internalise it to your identity: well you’re a happy person, after all!
Be positively delusional when it comes to your mental health.
Whenever you’re happy, internalise it to your identity: well you’re a happy person, after all!
Be positively delusional when it comes to your mental health.
Learned something very interesting today!
Random projections of a non-linearly separable data onto high dimensional spaces is enough to make it linearly separable.
Random projections of a non-linearly separable data onto high dimensional spaces is enough to make it linearly separable.
January 3, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Learned something very interesting today!
Random projections of a non-linearly separable data onto high dimensional spaces is enough to make it linearly separable.
Random projections of a non-linearly separable data onto high dimensional spaces is enough to make it linearly separable.
The crazy thing about compounding is that looking back it feels like it can’t get any higher, but looking forward you’re just getting started.
It’s never too late to pay attention to things that compound.
It’s never too late to pay attention to things that compound.
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 AM
The crazy thing about compounding is that looking back it feels like it can’t get any higher, but looking forward you’re just getting started.
It’s never too late to pay attention to things that compound.
It’s never too late to pay attention to things that compound.
I think we will soon see a breed of software with Claude Code (like) SDK integrated so that users can directly add new functionality themselves instead of asking the developer.
Just imagine how cool would it be to modify any piece of software that you use at your own will.
Just imagine how cool would it be to modify any piece of software that you use at your own will.
January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
I think we will soon see a breed of software with Claude Code (like) SDK integrated so that users can directly add new functionality themselves instead of asking the developer.
Just imagine how cool would it be to modify any piece of software that you use at your own will.
Just imagine how cool would it be to modify any piece of software that you use at your own will.
A simple mantra to live your life: know what’s true and do what’s right.
(Of course, teasing apart the words “true” and “right” as they’re applicable to “you” is the whole point of life)
(Of course, teasing apart the words “true” and “right” as they’re applicable to “you” is the whole point of life)
January 2, 2026 at 10:30 AM
A simple mantra to live your life: know what’s true and do what’s right.
(Of course, teasing apart the words “true” and “right” as they’re applicable to “you” is the whole point of life)
(Of course, teasing apart the words “true” and “right” as they’re applicable to “you” is the whole point of life)
It’s a great comfort to realise that, no matter who you are, the marginal impact of your work on the future is close to zero.
Most outcomes are inevitable in the long run - if you don’t do it, someone else will.
Most outcomes are inevitable in the long run - if you don’t do it, someone else will.
January 2, 2026 at 4:19 AM
It’s a great comfort to realise that, no matter who you are, the marginal impact of your work on the future is close to zero.
Most outcomes are inevitable in the long run - if you don’t do it, someone else will.
Most outcomes are inevitable in the long run - if you don’t do it, someone else will.
Happy New Year!
To kick off 2026, I built this tool that recommends all evidence-backed health screenings you need to do in your life, and lets you add google calendar reminders for when you're in 40s, 50s, 60s & beyond
longshot.invertedpassion.com/
Share it w/ friends and family 🙏
To kick off 2026, I built this tool that recommends all evidence-backed health screenings you need to do in your life, and lets you add google calendar reminders for when you're in 40s, 50s, 60s & beyond
longshot.invertedpassion.com/
Share it w/ friends and family 🙏
January 1, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Happy New Year!
To kick off 2026, I built this tool that recommends all evidence-backed health screenings you need to do in your life, and lets you add google calendar reminders for when you're in 40s, 50s, 60s & beyond
longshot.invertedpassion.com/
Share it w/ friends and family 🙏
To kick off 2026, I built this tool that recommends all evidence-backed health screenings you need to do in your life, and lets you add google calendar reminders for when you're in 40s, 50s, 60s & beyond
longshot.invertedpassion.com/
Share it w/ friends and family 🙏