November 26, 2024: How To Build The Future

“The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.”

― Elbert Hubbard

Hi friends,

How's everything going?
This is Kei and Kazuki, founders of Glasp 👋

We hand-picked 3 good content for you to highlight this week. Hope they'll help you get new ideas and perspectives.

📚 3 Good Recommendations

Write like you code
by Chris Behan (2 mins)

• Good writing is simple: Simplicity mirrors good code—use clear, concise language without unnecessary complexity. Avoid jargon or fluff, focusing instead on conveying ideas with minimal words for maximum clarity.
• Good writing is efficient: Just as programmers optimize code for limited resources, writers should respect the reader's limited attention span and memory. Use engaging techniques like humor and insights to maintain interest, ensuring the content flows logically and minimizes cognitive load.
• Good writing is structured: Structure writing like well-architected code, avoiding run-on sentences and unorganized ideas. Apply the single-responsibility principle: each sentence supports the paragraph's main idea, and each paragraph contributes to the overall argument or theme.

5 Principles for Life, Entering the Ocean, & More
by Sahil Bloom (4 mins)

• Perspective Shapes Reality: The story of two shoe salesmen shows how outlook determines opportunities, emphasizing the power of reframing challenges as opportunities.
• Lessons from Stories: The Cobra Effect warns about unintended consequences of incentives, while the Pencil’s Tale highlights principles like resilience, adaptability, and leaving a positive impact.
• Embracing Growth: Kahlil Gibran’s poem encourages embracing risks, showing how transformation leads to becoming something greater.

How To Build The Future: Sam Altman
by Sam Altman and Garry Tan (56 mins)

• AGI Ambition and Conviction: Sam Altman emphasizes the importance of having a high level of conviction in pursuing artificial general intelligence (AGI), arguing that while established companies have advantages in stable environments, start-ups can thrive during technological revolutions by focusing intensely on one promising area.
• Era of Startups and Innovation: Altman believes we are in an unprecedented time for starting technology companies, where the compounding improvements in AI and technology can lead to significant advancements in various fields, potentially solving major global challenges and improving quality of life.
• Building and Adapting: He discusses the need for flexibility and adaptability within organizations as they grow, recognizing that the skills required at different growth stages vary, but highlights the importance of maintaining speed and focus to leverage new technologies effectively.

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• 🟥 Glasp Talk with Alessio Fanelli:
  Glasp Talk features intimate interviews with luminaries, revealing their emotions, experiences, and stories. The guest, Alessio Fanelli, is a partner and CTO at Decibel Partners and co-host of the leading AI engineering podcast and newsletter, Latent Space.

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• Did you get it? Your Strategy Smarty Pants Summary From Strategystorming - Edition 3, September 8 on Senior Strategy Smartypants
• 🤖 How to speak 120 languages at once with AI on AI Tool Report
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Hope you enjoyed reading this newsletter!
See you next week ;)

Best,
Kei and Kazuki

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