“Conservative” and “liberal” don’t forecast your business risks anymore. Grid capacity, chip supply, housing, and water do. If you’re still modeling strategy around 19th-century labels, you’re running 2025 problems on antique software.| Raphael's workbench
August’s reading trail winds from Alex Hormozi’s sales psychology to sobering AI science results: why LLMs misalign when fed mistakes, why dehumanization creeps in when we treat AIs like machines, and why the startup bubble might pop before the AI one. Plus, a Greek philosopher exiled for noticing the Earth moves. Value, hype, and hubris—served with notes in the margins.| Raphael's workbench
Last month’s active lifestyle left me less time for reading. I was only able to read one full book. But what a book! Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion - Robert B. CialdiniI started reading this as it was recommended to me as one of the main books in the …| dr knz @ work
Last month, I explained how I am currently building an app, a “digital companion” that helps users pace the stuff that matters to them through their day. It’s a large project, so currently I am focusing on an MVP, but that is still a rather significant amount of work …| dr knz @ work
Here are the important short-form (and not-so-short-form) reads for this month. In Intentionally Making Close Friends, Neel Nanda shares their own best practices and routines for growing friendships. Some of this overlaps with my own experience; some I find distasteful, and some I am likely to learn from. I would …| dr knz @ work
Buckle up: we need to talk about serious stuff. ❦❦❦ First, some notes on short-form learnings this month. In Praise of “Normal” Engineers: A software engineer argues against the myth of the “10x engineer” (IEEE Spectrum), Charity Majors reminds us that when a company mistakenly focuses on “hiring the top 0 …| dr knz @ work
