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The danger of overthinking.

This is a machine learning paper about Large Reasoning Models dropping the ball by way of overthinking. Does this apply to humans too? “ Our analysis reveals that simple efforts to mitigate overthinking in agentic environments — such as selecting […]

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It should be good, not easy.

“By eliminating all challenges from Nero’s path, she created what Dio describes as a person whose “behavior began to be absolutely insensate”—essentially, a monster who became one of history’s most notorious tyrants.” ~ learn more

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The only problem is that it’s all made up.

Recommended reading for AI users, including the Deep Research guy above. “Despite claiming to have looked at every paper published in the Annals in this 75-year period, poking around the pages it looked at suggests it only looked at ~5-6 […]

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Minimum effective dose.

“I went to the gym today for the first time in weeks I tried to do only the bare minimum required – also known as the minimum effective dose. It may come as a surprise how little time we truly […]

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What is a morning/evening routine actually FOR?

“There’s two different main purposes for routines, and advice-givers mix them up. They lump these two quite different things under “morning routine” and it causes trouble when you try to design your own.” ~ learn more

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So you made it into the SaaS C-Suite.

“Patrick Lencioni’s concept of the First Team is the idea that true leaders prioritize supporting their fellow leaders (the most senior team they sit on) over their direct reporting lines.” ~ learn more

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I am (not) a Failure.

This is wonderful. “Growing up, I had two major life ambitions… I didn’t accomplish either of those goals. I never even got an interview for an academic job, let alone tenure. I made six (and a half) attempts to found […]

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The best tacit knowledge videos on every subject.

This is where the coaching session link above came from. “Tacit knowledge is knowledge that can’t properly be transmitted via verbal or written instruction, like the ability to create great art or assess a startup. This tacit knowledge is a […]