i'm raising a fund! aims to increase the agency of extraordinary individuals using both investment dollars and grants.
MF is the culmination of my past 6 months investigating the whisker-end of innovation.
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📣 Launching a research fellowship: work with me on a research project of mutual interest; get six months of funding and mentorship.
Details here (apply by Nov 25): notes.andymatuschak.org/Research_fello
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"But what I will say is this: I think most people live the majority of their lives trapped in place by a fear of rejection that probably feels worse to stew in than actually experiencing the rejection they fear so dearly itself."
monthly(ish) milky note:
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Nuclear energy is carbon-free, reliable 24/7, and incredibly safe -- yet it remains misunderstood, rarely celebrated, and deeply underinvested in.
I wrote this essay about why that is, and how we can build more of it. Comments/Qs/feedback welcome!
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i’m so sick of the idea that there’s moral purity in being unable or unwilling to wrangle capitalism into something that serves your goals. if you don’t like the current incentive structure make a better one
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Today, AI systems can create stunning art & beat humans at chess & Go. But they can't do things a 3-year-old can do. Why?
We're launching & open sourcing our research environment, Avalon, so as a community we can answer these questions:
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kewl thing i had a blast working on w and my good friends over at :)
if any company has a soul, it's this one — making sense of the journey as they go w a little help from Murakami, DFW, and every road trip movie ever
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btw i am writing more long-form, less tweet-form now!
some recent words on freedom and commitments:
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mood is so much more malleable than ppl think and anyone that says it isn't is usually clinging to their emotions as their identity and/or a tool to control others
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i increasingly think motivational purity is a scam and the majority of the time "doing something for all the right reasons" usually only exists as a reframe in retrospect
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i continue to think that curating for the ppl you love is one of the most beautiful things you can do
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curation is caring abt other ppl’s consumption experience and it’s crazy how few do
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ppl going through career puberty love to start substacks and startups and sigh loudly when you ask what they do
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i really do think that the earlier you realize how remarkably rare it is to come across ppl you have both connection and compatibility with, the happier you'll be
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i increasingly think there’s intense cruelty to shilling self-care as the solution for ppl who are clearly craving purpose
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every super smart person i know is obsessed with how manipulating the meaning of words allows a person to warp the world
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i am basically bored by any conversation that doesn’t require i research or write before or after it
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i do think one of the greatest joys in life is collecting little stories and experiences out in the world to bring back to discuss and dissect with your person
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it’s funny how there’s power in being public up until a certain point of popularity, after which the power shifts to lie in being private. it’s distorted from the outside: choosing to be private makes others q whether they should do the same, despite not having done the first bit
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and the amount of warmth you have to exude so ppl don't mistake your quietness for aloofness
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it’s incredible how many insecurities ppl project onto you when you’re quiet
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you can’t just outsource all your opinions to a tiny pool of niche bloggers, repackage them as original research, and think no one will notice. my job is literally to have read the Blogs
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every founder boy wants the exact same type of girl and she's always a slightly less ambitious fellow INTJ
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this also means that as long as you're ok being alone a lot, there's still so many interesting insights up for grabs by just dot-connecting across disciplines. the patterns often appear obvious to you but insane to others — prob bc you're one of the few ppl with that perspective
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i think we underappreciate the strength of character required of a person to pick breadth over depth. all the incentives push you to join a tribe and take on a pre-packaged identity — choosing not to is almost an act of rebellion
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it's actually insane that we call literally anything that quickly makes you feel good "addictive." unless you want to always be a victim of the world, blaming it for your lack of self-discipline seems like a losing strategy long-term
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ppl do not talk enough abt how huge the competitive advantage of having a voice that ppl actually want to listen to is, esp if your job is basically idea-pusher
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you can get placed in the 95th percentile of thoughtfulness by literally just sending the links you said you’d send
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for ppl who find it painful to ask for favors: pls remember that building trust requires risky micro-movements be made and reciprocated by all parties in order to progress. so by not asking for what you need, you're literally limiting how much trust ppl can possibly have in you
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pure satisfaction is stringing words together that exactly encapsulate a concept and are also somehow sticky in the brain
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