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2026
- The Iceberg Problem
TL;DR: You are judged by the effort other people can see, not the effort you actually spend. That gap is the iceberg: whoever evaluates you sees the tip and none of the mass below the waterline. The rā¦
- When Your Benchmark Runs for 88 Hours
TL;DR: On the Dwarkesh podcast, Noam Brown of OpenAI described a system of roughly 10,000 agents that spent 130 billion tokens over 88 hours on a single problem. This is his account, not independentlyā¦
- Your Personal Brand, in the Age of AI
TL;DR: āBuild your personal brandā is the most common career advice and the least actionable. This is the method: a Personal Brand Canvas (nine blocks that force specificity), filled by an AI that intā¦
- Why Is the Sky Blue (And Sunsets Red)?
TL;DR: The sky is not blue because it reflects the ocean ā the colour is there over deserts and mountains too, and it survives on days when the sea is grey. The real reason is Rayleigh scattering: airā¦
- Being Someone's Option
TL;DR: When one side is all-in and the other is still exploring, the exploring side holds the power, and not because they are cooler or stronger. It is an equation. Rusbultās investment model says comā¦
- The Expert Can't Remember Not-Knowing
TL;DR: In 1990 a Stanford researcher had people tap the rhythm of a famous song on a table and predict how many listeners would name it. The tappers guessed 50%. The real number was 2.5%. The tapper hā¦
- What If We Didn't Teach Agents to Work Like Us?
TL;DR: In Brownās account on a recent podcast (his description of OpenAIās system, not independently confirmed), a collective of agents given a bare message-another-agent primitive works out coordinatā¦
- When the Model Becomes an Org
TL;DR: In September 2026, Noam Brown of OpenAI said on a podcast (not independently confirmed) that a system of roughly 10,000 agents spent 130 billion tokens over 88 hours on one of the Millennium Prā¦
- Cold Is Just Absent Heat: Inside the Vapour-Compression Cycle
TL;DR: Your fridge does not make cold, because cold is not a thing you can make ā itās just the absence of heat. What the fridge actually does is move heat, uphill, from the cold box into your warmer ā¦
- The Feedback Exchange Rate
TL;DR: Feedback runs on a hidden exchange rate. The giver spends five minutes on a remark and moves on; the receiver spends three weeks re-reading it, because bad lands heavier than good and the mindā¦
