- Went through a hackathon over the weekend. Had the top idea, but by some mistake it never got submitted so we weren’t first. Really really mad about this because one of the prizes was ABC bootcamp taking place in San Francisco :(
- Updated a bit on people. Human intelligence is jagged, usually more practical, weaker at evaluating ideas & abstract things, & heavily shaped by thinking patterns.
- Black pill: most people aren’t that creative (don’t see things clearly), it seems easy to be one to stand out.
- Bentham’s “Everyone is horribly muddied and confused” seems applicable.
- The solution is to become a monk. Do only 1-2 things, really well. From now on (?).
- Want to just study a few areas for months, statistics, signal analysis, applicable maths, linear algebra. Re-establish spaced repetition.
- Ordering 2 Cate Hall’s “You Can Just Do Things” books, one for a friend one for me :)
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