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I'd be pretty cautious about making claims about the generalizability of skills— it seems equally if not more likely that these successful individuals had an inclination to obsessive competition and drive that enabled them to succeed in games and also other domains. Post hoc non est ergo propter hoc.

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I'm just a few hours into the audiobook of the Brad Stone book, but enjoying it so far. I like the anecdote on how they brute-force boostrapped Alexa's voice ML.

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May 22, 2021Liked by Byrne Hobart

Which organization would you have used as an example to talk about "Upside decay" in the alternate universe where you wrote the article?

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Being comfortable being low-status while working on high conviction, asymetrical upside ideas.

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