Turn Off the Big Light
Ceiling lights cause fatigue, not alertness. The problem isn't the light itself, it's where it comes from.
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The Beauty of Evolvability: In Companies, Products, and Governments
Why any system works better when they can change cheaply. Applying the genotype-phenotype map concept to company building.
The Best Religion, and Why Religions Spread Like Viruses
Religions are meme complexes. Explaining taqiyya, fertility control, guilt, and more.
On Martin Shkreli: Drug Creationism, Unlimited Marginal Healthcare, and AI Drug Discovery
What I learned from listening to all his interviews.
Victim Narratives as Moral Error: Tailwind, Spotify, and DoorDash
How bad economic theories suppress criticism and deny agency
Discoverability in UX and Product Teams
How users find value and teams find problems. Conjectures about functionality and problems.
Lessons from Pat Grady - Sequoia's Newest Partnership Steward
On measuring yourself, desperation/irrelevance, understanding people, and working with Doug Leone and Roelof Botha.
Why Super Babies, Copying Ideas, Billionaires, and Immortality Are Good
Most are wrong about Genetic Enhancement, Innovation, Wealth Creation, and Defeating Death. They are not Immoral but Moral Imperatives.
Imagining a Profitable Thiel Fellowship
How to create a profitable genius factory
My 42 Favorite Books
Peres, Moritz, Gleick, Magee, Vinge, Soni, Mallaby: 42 books from the authors who changed how I think