Me: a short-sighted narcissist

“Through coevolution of our human and tool systems, we can chart the Pareto efficient paths through the graph of all human knowledge and reach world-historic levels of mastery in any skill or subject we wish.”

Tiago: A literal saint
A man sets out to reach the pinnacle of his field. He thinks himself ambitious.

In the distance… the Kirkland Elon Musk declares

“Today I discovered I am above average in this area. I will teach 3.5 Bil students to surpass my skill, that I may retire in obscurity”

A man weeps
The Virgin: I will be the best

Vs

The Chad: I will elevate the masses until my skills are unremarkable
Congrats @fortelabs on the launch of your book, one I will likely neither buy nor endorse.

May not agree with your quest to neuter powerful concepts and vaccinate the public against new paradigms, But I do respect how you do it



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Actually welcome disagreement

IF it’s type 3 or higher

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Rough drafting it here, but few points

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