Alexander Close

"The output of a manager is the output of the organizational units under his or her supervision or influence." Those who can effectively manage this new continent of tireless employees, are going to build incredible things.

Grove was big on 1:1s and candid feedback. Still 100% relevant. When an agent screws up, don't just patch the output. Root-cause fix the process. Update instructions so it never happens again. Elicit peak performance of the system through relentless iteration.

For anyone building with AI agents right now, (re)read Andy Grove's High Output Management. If agents are like a new continent spawned of intelligent minds working for cheap, effectively managing them for high output is one of the highest-leverage skills on Earth.🧵

As agents gravitate toward the median, it's the human's job to push them to a deliberate outlier.

@pkedrosky Oligopolies and high switching costs allows orgs to play tricks to extract value. Even while providing the value of worldwide information at ones fingertips, for the customer experience it feels pretty bad.

@johnnyrodgersis + Why building physical things is mostly trips to the hardware store. 😅

This is a wonderful essay. "Surprising detail is a near universal property of getting up close and personal with reality." This is why woodworking is mostly building jigs and making software is mostly debugging. johnsalvatier.org/blog/2017/real…

@leemnelson_ @kalv Have literally watched people walking around campsites taking photos of spots to "remember the good ones for next time". Not just RV's!

@kalv Good call. Map a lot, earn some crypto. #web3

My family & friends are really into #RVing. The no.1 issue they all seem to have is determining if their RV will fit in a campground. Somebody with a drone and LiDAR should map campsites and build an app to go with it.

@typeoneerror These are awesome. Nicely done!

Darwin said it best. It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, it is the one most adaptable to change.

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@pkedrosky Surfing - +90% paddling!

@pkedrosky Not cool.

@drowbb @jjhorgan @bcndp Because "science"!

@AlexanderClose @jjhorgan @bcndp 'we're cutting down the trees so we can study if cutting them down is bad'

We're taking the next steps to protect BC's old growth forests. A new panel of independent technical experts will ensure we're using the best science and data available to identify at-risk ecosystems and prioritize areas for deferral.

@drowbb @jjhorgan @bcndp lol at this lol

@jjhorgan @bcndp lol

@kalv Call me crazy but playing the falling letters typing game is still a blast!

@dmacpher @AlexTheChemist @SpaceX We thank you both for your contributions to spaceflight.

@AlexTheChemist @SpaceX 👊

Joyous day! @SpaceX #Starlink order confirmed. Thanks for the heads up @dmacpher🛰️

@bwertz Consumer Packaged Goods: - ecom & subscriptions changing distribution channels - decreased effectiveness of advertising buying attention - increasing uniqueness of consumer preferences

Biggest challenge for incumbents across many industries is that they are getting disrupted from different angles rn: Finance: - rise of challenger banks - "every co' is a fintech" - DeFi Car OEM's: - rise of EV's - "mobility as a service" - autonomous driving Other examples?