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Vanity Activities

read Jan 20, 26

Hard agree, especially with productivity optimisation

Recursive Language Models ("RLMs")

by Alex Mackenzie · read Jan 16, 26

May be misunderstanding, but it sounds a lot like a label to the multi-agent pattern. Eg claude skills, or claude breadth first search, or windsurf fast context. Need to read the actual paper...

Jan 9, 26

Sam Altman is not a blithering idiot

by Mencius Moldbug · read Jan 10, 26

This is really about the reality of economics over anything else; but frightening how relevant it is to present day, it feels as though it could've been written in 2025

Mar 13, 13

Technology, communism and the Brown Scare

by Mencius Moldbug · read Jan 10, 26

Most of my takeaway from this derived from the Plato extract. Then, the final 20% or so when he starts talking about callous altruism.

Sep 13, 13

Quit Your Job

by Wolf Tivy · read Jan 9, 26

Found myself coming back to this post again, a year later, reflecting further on needing space to explore.

Jan 6, 22

Next steps for Cartesian Tutor

by Brian Kihoon Lee · read Dec 27, 25

Interesting account on working for a successful AI-centric company versus being a generalist startup founder

Nov 3, 25

The Best Things and Stuff of 2025

by Michael Fogus · read Dec 27, 25

inspo for my own

Dec 23, 25

Ambsheets

by Ink & Switch · read Dec 27, 25

UX for exploring alternate realities

Feb 4, 25

AI's real superpower: consuming, not creating

by Mike San Román · read Dec 27, 25

yes 100x

Oct 30, 25

Are you the one is free money

by Owen Lacey · read Dec 27, 25

my kinda niche

Nov 5, 25

always bet on text

by Graydon Hoare · read Dec 27, 25

I've spent countless hours selling the precise counter to this: that new-gen media is a difference maker. He may be wiser than me...

Oct 13, 14

Publishing your work increases your luck

by Aaron Francis · read Dec 27, 25

Drew a lot of parallels to something I wrote last year, about gatekeeping work. Also remind me of "increasing your surface area for luck"

Jul 12, 22

Two Perspectives on the UK Economy

by Will Jones · read Dec 27, 25

As someone who dislikes both DOAC and Gary Stevenson, I agreed with most of what Will had to say about this

Mar 30, 25

Human Feedback is not Gold Standard

by Tom Hosking, Phil Blunsom, Max Bartolo · read Jan 2, 24

Human feedback is not gold standard! LLMs are too confident.

Sep 28, 23