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Are LLMs profitable?
Current LLMs are losing money. More and more reporting is suggesting that these frontier style models may in fact never be profitable. This certainly isn’t a consensus opinion, but it does seem to be gaining momentum. If LLMs don’t make money, it is going to put a damper on the AI-revolution. One potential path to…
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Reading Recap: September 2025
🏠The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein A detailed history of US policies and laws that excluded Black Americans from the post WW2 housing boom, created segregated communities, and limited generational wealth. 🗣️ Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg Breaks down different types of communication, how to know which one you’re in, and how to make the…
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In Defense of the Office
My first professional office had a door, two desks, a computer at each desk, and atop each desk sat two monitors. There was a large window out of which I could watch the squirrels play. They were merry, and so was I. Even though I was a junior intern, there was a sense of permanence…
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All about the context
Human conversations carry incredible amounts of implicit information. We decipher meaning from each other by 🗣️Tone 👺Facial Expressions 🙅Body Language We add more context based on our environment: 🤼Our relationship 🏴🏳️Our organizational affiliations 🧑🌾⛷️🤹Our roles There is an incredible amount of data in human conversations that is never spoken.AI systems don’t yet capture all of…
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Reading Recap: August 2025
Outlive by Peter Attia An approach to extend not just our lifespan, but more importantly our healthspan. Thoughts on how we can stave off the four horsemen of age-related decline and a death. A bit on the sciencey side at times, but overall, very accessible. Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall A look at how…
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Reading Recap: July 2025
Reading Recap: July 2025 The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel This book offers many new insights into how we think about money, even for the experienced finance reader. It reminds me of Freakonomics crossed with personal finance. When and where you are born can play a dramatic role in your opportunities for success and…
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John McPhee and More Personal Computing
In Draft No. 4, McPhee describes his pre-computer writing method. Handwritten notes and audio tapes are transcribed by typing on a typewriter. He manually rolled the paper after each note to leave space. Once all the notes were typed up, he photocopied them and then used scissors to cut out each individual note. Notes were…
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Business Continuity Planning for AI Agents
Contingency plans are nothing new for business operations. Workers get sick, take vacation, don’t perform as expected, etc. The business needs some slack capacity and/or a prioritization system when there isn’t enough capacity to meet demands. Process automation also isn’t particularly new. Again, you can build in slack capacity and/or task prioritization to manage outages…
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Find and Cater to Your Audience
Kind of crazy, but I have been presenting on leadership and career development for over a decade now. I was taking a walk down memory lane and stumbled across one of my earliest slide decks. I actually thought it was great. Many of the ideas and style carry through to today. The problem was that…
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Small Seasonality and Productivity
We often think about productivity as the tactical progress we make while at work. While it is important to be able to execute effectively on plans, it can be difficult to strategize on big picture ideas at the same time. Some time and space away from day-to-day activity enables our strategic brain to work at…