devonsolomon

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by devonsolomon 2y ago
And this doesn’t even include founders on LinkedIn with “We’re Hiring” in their bio.
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by devonsolomon 2y ago
I briefly did some work with an HIV research organization in South Africa. One dynamic I was shocked to hear was the prevalence of marriages where one partner (always the husband in this context) is HIV positive and the other is secretly on
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by devonsolomon 2y ago
Perhaps just using the same Wingdings font of 2000 years ago.
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by devonsolomon 2y ago
If they’re referring to general AI - which at this point is still sci-fi - then yes, a general intelligence can theoretically do any thinker or planners job. But given that we don’t have anything near general AI, this claim can’t be refuted
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by devonsolomon 2y ago
(Via Paul Smith from Civitas) In the recently released book Rassie: Stories of Life and Rugby by Rassie Erasmus (two time World Cup winning South African rugby coach), Rassie mentions that he doesn’t do one-on-ones. To quote from the book:
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by devonsolomon 2y ago
Organization would limit their growth and then artificially inflate it as they get closer to an exit event? Why does this sound familiar…
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by devonsolomon 2y ago
Yes - but. Whataboutism is often raised to illuminate the claimant’s topic selection bias - which is entirely valid. Often when someone’s arguments are valid and convincing, but their entire vocabulary seems confined to an issue, asking you
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by devonsolomon 2y ago
Agreed. I’m excited about reaching a point where the experience is of being in a deep work ‘flow’ with an ultra intelligent colleague, instead of jumping out of context to instant message them.
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by devonsolomon 2y ago
In Ben Macintyre’s The Spy and The Traitor he goes into detail on Aldrich Ames, a double crossing CIA agent who sold out US soviet assets to the Soviets (which led to 10 being executed) in exchange for Soviet cash. I think Macintyre called
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by devonsolomon 2y ago
Im not sure new entrepreneurs quite appreciate the gravity of having family livelihoods dependent on your decisions. The toll is also much worse in developing nations where the demand in the job market is low. Business failure then could me
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by devonsolomon 2y ago
Tempting to deduce that employing people will make you happier and wealthier: it wont. It will just kill your business faster and reduce the chance you show up in a Gallup poll as a business owner at all. People who have employees and haven