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Reflection on two years of writing evergreen notes: not optimal for skill acquisition and learning
Reference frames, ontologies, systems thinking, and an idea of a "mind gardener" tool
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Review of "Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned" by Stanley and Lehman
Kenneth Stanley's and Joel Lehman's book Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective has two components: theoretical, describing…
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Megapost about causality: the summary of "The Book of Why" by Pearl and Mackenzie and more ideas
Statistics, causality, causal modelling, mediation analysis, counterfactuals, philosophy of research, causal representation learning, ethical AI, the…
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simplicity/acc: Why We Must End Human Programming Jobs
Software engineers often gravitate towards projects with minimal non-software components and minimal direct interaction with the real world.
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Drift Into Failure by Sidney Dekker – notes on the book
Complexity and systems theory, Cartesian-Newtonian thinking, exegesis/eisegesis, high-reliability theory, exploration-exploitation tradeoff, diversity
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Summary of "Working Backwards", a book about Amazon's culture
Principles, causal models, the role of intuition in business, PR FAQ, people-centric approach to invention, critical rationalism
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Programming becomes obsolete quickly. What should we do about it?
100% digital nature of programming and big online hostings (Github) makes it suitable for AI learning. Software is also very composable and…
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The future of OLAP table storage is not Iceberg
Introduction
Thoughts on Henri Mintzberg’s coordination mechanisms at organisations
The quotes below are from here.
Gaia Network: An Illustrated Primer
This post is primarily written by Rafael Kaufmann, my contributions were minimal.
Table transfer protocols: improved Arrow Flight and alternative to Iceberg
This article is the ultimate one in the five-piece series:
AI romantic partners will harm society if they go unregulated
Recently, when people refer to “immediate societal harms and dangers” of AI, in media or political rhetoric, they predominantly choose to mention…
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