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
Farizal Hamami
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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