Benjamin O'Brien

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@GeekParkHQ @cremieuxrecueil Stimuli threatens. Survival compels. Communication/response amplifies until either the crisis is resolved or the source scrambling for survival dies.

same feeling tbh. AI seems much better at amplifying people with taste than rescuing people who can’t tell good output from bad output. The real mystery was never how content was made. It was why humans felt compelled to make anything at all. Why someone stays awake trying to describe a feeling precisely. Why a founder spends years pursuing an idea that statistically should not work. Why certain melodies make people cry. Why some people need to leave traces of themselves in language, companies, paintings, architectures, children, civilizations. Models can produce infinite variations of form. But they do not ache toward anything.

I do not think there is *any* evidence that AI helps people with difficulties expressing themselves to get their otherwise good ideas out there I do not think there will *ever* be any evidence that's the case, because it's not true. People who can't write aren't having big ideas

@cremieuxrecueil 100% agree. The people who think AI thinks for you can’t think for themselves. For them, it does think for them because they don’t give it any substance to work with so it has to inject its own. Big ideas have a lot of context and AI struggles with context and executive function.

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Sayings are seeds that derive meaning in roots, grow understanding in foliage, and bear generative outcomes in fruit.

@pmarca I’m all about nuance, so maybe I should try it, test its limits, and see exactly how much nuance it can or can’t handle

Interesting.

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@Mojorizzon26 @DanBilzerian How can anyone effectively lead by example if they follow the ways of those they disagree with instead of living by the ways they themselves believe? Build something that brings success to yourself and others. Live what you truly believe without compromise to make it happen.

@benjThayer @DanBilzerian If only the Jews practiced what you just preached. How ignorant and blind can you be? Seriously in this age you still don’t understand? They’re not playing by your rules and never were and now we’re fucking sick of it.

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@SoveyX I find that you can provide a lot of useful advice through overlaid analogous experiences that have the same mechanics as the issue in question. Different moving parts & different stakes combined with the same mechanics actually paints rich perspective better than birds-eye view.

Advice about advice: 1. Stop taking advice from people about situations they have never experienced. 2. Stop taking advice from people you do not want to become.

@engineers_feed This is just my native processing. I’d add a 5th model (Causality Analysis) for synthesizing downstream harm & integrating appropriate, upstream solutions during development to reduce negative outcomes. - Apply foresight. - Assess 360° impact potential. - Don’t ship problems.

Engineers don't just build things. They think differently. 4 mental models that separate engineering thinking from everything else: 1. First principles Don't assume. Break every problem down to what's physically true. Elon Musk on battery costs: "What are batteries made of? What's the market value?" Start there. 2. Failure mode analysis Before asking "will this work?" ask "how will this fail?" The best engineers design failure in – slowly, visibly, safely. 3. Order of magnitude thinking Approximate before you calculate. Being 10x right matters more than being 1% precise too late. 4. Systems thinking Nothing fails in isolation. Every component has a relationship with everything else. The weak link is almost never where you're looking. These 4 models built everything that works.

Post 8/8 The only path to real change is a strict set of regulatory parameters: overhaul platform algorithms to align incentives with consumer sentiment and core human values. Anything less lets the gap persist. What do you think — time for the parameters?

Post 7/8 Technical tweaks or self-regulation will never suffice. Companies will always re-optimize around any loophole to protect remaining profits. The pattern has been demonstrated across multiple platforms and multiple years.

Post 1/8 Universal agreement on social media in 2025–2026 is clear and widespread. • 50% of U.S. adults actively cut back usage (APA) • Only 37% trust information from social media sites (Pew) These numbers reflect deep, shared frustration with how platforms operate today.