Signal to Noise

Steve Jobs had a filter. He called it signal to noise ratio. It's an engineering term. In audio or communications, signal is the thing you actually want. Noise is everything interfering

The Investment That Can't Be Taken Away

There's a concept Warren Buffett keeps coming back to: the best investment you can make is in yourself. Not stocks. Not real estate. You. His reasoning is simple - whatever you

Automation Scales the Problem

I'm still on Elon Musk. This is the third note from the same podcast episode. At some point I should probably move on. But every time I think I'm

Optimize Nothing That Shouldn't Exist

Still on the Founders podcast episode about Elon Musk. There's another part that stuck with me. There's a story from inside Tesla that I keep thinking about. At some

Every Requirement Is Probably Wrong

Listened to a Founders podcast episode on the Elon Musk biography. Ended up with a lot of notes. One line stopped me. Assume all requirements are somewhat wrong and dumb. I rarely question