Luke DeCoste

Dear Canada: this is a really sad graph.

After teaching them how to make GPTs, I gave my MBA students the assignment of automating some aspect of their own jobs by creating a GPT. The results were pretty fantastic, spanning finance, entertainment & more. A few examples (I was given permission to share) in the images.

Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for “realistic” goals, paradoxically making them the most time- and energy-consuming. If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think. Unreasonable and unrealistic goals are easier to achieve for yet another reason. Having an unusually large goal is an adrenaline infusion that provides the endurance to overcome the inevitable trials and tribulations that go along with any goal. Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel. If the potential payoff is mediocre or average, so is your effort. The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits. There is just less competition for bigger goals.

“Focusing” is one of the most valuable techniques I can think of to move beyond the default reactions to any event or problem. Strong emotions should trigger self-aware introspection, not rash action

What happens when you design communities where it is impossible to use your body for travel, and where fast-food chains dominate (among other causes).

2) It’s actually worse than that chart made out, because at most points on the income distribution, Americans earn much more than Brits. If we plot the same data by actual income instead of percentile, the US deficit is vast. 5 fewer years even among the comfortably-off.