The Pina Colada Test
Introducing the Pina Colada Test: a novel framework for evaluating AGI that improves upon conventional benchmarks like the Turing Test.
Here's the test »The Rule of Three
The Rule of Three is an alternative to the traditional pros and cons approach to decision making.
Here's how it works »The Cyclone Startup
The “Cyclone” is an approach to product development, where three teams work in staggered phases. Each team sequentially assumes responsibility for idea generation, product launch, and feature maintenance. Ensuring a new marketable product feature is launched every month.
The trifecta of shipping consistently »
Mona Lisa
How could we possibly appreciate the Mona Lisa if Leonardo had written at the bottom of the canvas: ‘The lady is smiling because she is hiding a secret from her lover.’ This would shackle the viewer to reality, and I don’t want this to happen.
— Stanley Kubrick
Signaling
How do we define success?
Scientists observed1 that turtle hunting and spear fishing men in a Meriam community in Australia, experience greater social benefits and reproductive success than shellfish foraging men.
Here's why »The Surprising Power Of Inversion
Man muss immer umkehren
— Carl Jacobi
Invert, always invert.
Jacobi believed that the solution of many hard problems could be clarified by re-expressing them in inverse form.
How the greats approach hard problems »The Mess We're In
It’s safe to say that today the computing landscape is a mess.
We’ve built our everyday lives around devices that are composed of layers upon layers of abstractions. Each layer depending on — trusting — that nothing underneath has fucked up too badly.
And now for the tricky bit »Stop Reading Blogs
Okay I know this sounds crazy but before you dismiss me as a know-it-all millenial who’s trying to be provocative and get some buzz, bare with me — there’s a method to my madness.
Do this instead »How To Land A CS Job Fresh Out Of College
I recently shared some tips with Rasmussen College School of Technology on how their computer science students can land their dream job fresh out of college.
My 3 tips for students »The Richest One Percent
The richest one percent owns more than the half of the world’s wealth. This statistic seemed unintuitive to me. Why isn’t wealth more evenly distributed? So I decided to make a simple simulation to see what happens when you unleash a free market 🤓
See what happens »