- Scott Alexander: writing hates dishonesty. You can see who someone is from how they write, it oozes out of the text, latent. Scary.
- Finished Game of thrones. An insight: people need stories. Personal ones about yourself, & global ones. They orient you.
- Stories/Reputations are powerlawy engines. Who has the strongest story wins. You need one for employers, stories sell products, the whole world runs on stories. Stories & identities.
Not a live entry. Backfilled from personal notes via Claude.