Good tokens 2025-03-14
Some changes around here
Individual posts now have related posts at the bottom of them, leveraging the infrastructure I built for Search. I’m excited to see what serendipity this sparks. Let me know what you think!
Things I learned
Life expectancy for dogs has been growing faster than life expectancy for humans, via my fascinating friend Uri.
Worth your time
Henrik Karlsson on Constraints. “Have you walked face-first into the wall to see if it is a chalk line?” We are all trapped in our preconceptions of what our ideal life needs to be like.
The skill of troubleshooting by Autodidacts via The Browser. A great deep dive into how to be a better troubleshooter and also a fantastic example of a meta skill that we probably all have under developed, reminiscent of Oliver Trimboli’s work on Listening. A favorite quote from the post: “Treating a system like the enemy makes it one.”
Will Boom build a Supersonic Airplane by Brian Potter.
Startup Strategy for Commodity Products by Austin Vernon.
Taylor Swift’s security mindset
Taylor Swift's security practices around her songs before they're released are literally airgap. Ed Sheeran is one of her closest friends in the world. She didn't override anything for him. Because security is a systemic risk and he is a target.
— SwiftOnSecurity (@swiftonsecurity.com) March 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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