Sebastian Marshall

This one is by far the most popular issue in Background Ops series — medium.com/the-strategic-…

You can reach me here or sebastian@ultraworking.com if you think I could be a good dialogue partner / friendly interlocuter for getting the message out. Thanks for everything you do.

Also happy to read any prep material (but good chance I already have). Less technical than you, but more technical than 99.9% of general population and grasp concepts and implications quickly.

@ESYudkowsky I'd be happy to interview you on any podcast or platform, including our podcast (or elsewhere). Followed and heavily influenced by your work since the Overcoming Bias era, we have mutual friends, and I wrote an extensive "wtf AI is coming" memo over two years ago.

Happy to share the memo with you. (I wrote it privately since some sensitive stuff and shard with decisionmakers I know.) Epistemological style when podcasting - open.spotify.com/episode/4RIWVp…

@paulg Relatedly, Come across Vavilov's life and work yet? - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_V… Seems it'd be interesting to you on at least 3 different levels. Scientific, cultural, and historical.

TIL there was a famine in the USSR in 1946 and 1947 in which about a million people died. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_fa…

@evrn_tan Agree. Email me? Email is in my Twitter bio. Would be delighted to chat sometime.

@sebastmarsh Thanks Sebastian 🙏🏻 my pleasure to be in contact with you. Kemal is a leader that everyone takes as an example 👍🏻💯

My name is Evren Tan, commander of the Armies of the #Java, General of the Software Crafter Legions, loyal servant to the founder of modern Republic of Türkiye, Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 🇹🇷☕️ #NewProfilePic

A few of my thoughts on maintaining momentum and enthusiasm on long projects went into an episode of the @ultraworking podcast a few weeks ago: open.spotify.com/episode/0QQthI…

@jwlben 52 x 7 ...

Ridiculous thought of the day -> If our physics and engineering ever got extremely reliable on a planetary level, I think sooner or later we'd alter Earth's orbit around the sun to be reliably 364.000 days instead of 365.249 — many advantages to doing so.

@andrewglynch @jakobgreenfeld Yeah, approx 70% seems good for "general push my limits on not-absolutely-essential-stuff" - it's slightly more than 2 wins for every loss.

@jakobgreenfeld I remember @sebastmarsh saying he aims for a roughly 70% success rate on everything success rate >70% means you're not pushing yourself enough success rate <70% means you're being too ambitious or picking the wrong things 70% = sweet spot

@jakobgreenfeld @andrewglynch I didn't vanish! I'm, like, focused. Incidentally, we restarted the Ultraworking Podcast recently if you like my style of thinking/writing/etc. "#30: Adding J-Curve to Your Vocabulary and Thinking" is my favorite. Can search 'ultraworking' in any podcast app to check it out.

@andrewglynch @sebastmarsh love this! really sad that Sebastian kind of vanished

@jakobgreenfeld @sebastmarsh He did a great interview recently on @EricJorgenson's podcast, think he's just been quietly building his company: ejorgenson.com/podcast/findin…

So much fun recording with @EricJorgenson - wonderful interviewer and thinker.

@ZacharyCohn @pvm @JasonShen Oh wow, never realized you two met through me. Super cool. Both great people. btw @JasonShen you were incredible with the toast on Kai's wedding video...

@pvm @JasonShen Jason and I met virtually through @sebastmarsh , then started a project called the never-ending fast (people could sign up to do shifts of 3 day fasts to form an unbroken chain/relay), then we both did a stint working in federal government (PIF/18F).

I spent 16 years as a competitive gymnast. ~1,000 competition routines ~200 of those in national-level (Jr Olympic + NCAA) competitions I learned how step up and deliver under pressure—not just as an athlete, but a founder & product leader. Here's how:

@EricJorgenson @TaylorPearsonMe Would you send me a copy as well? Many thanks.

@TaylorPearsonMe @sebastmarsh I've got a doc with curated notes from the whole series if helpful... It's a lot of raw content

What are the best case studies on operational excellence that you've seen/read? Putting together a list and it is very Toyota and Amazon heavy right now, interested in other perspectives.

Hmm. Just realized that United States v. Alcoa and Robinson v. California came to effectively opposite conclusion in regards to regulation of "being in a status of X" — obviously very very different circumstances, but interesting.

Hey, it's my favorite month. Wishing everyone an exceptional March.

@picklesecond I don't recommend it universally — it's not for everyone. For most people, just tracking only their Most Important Work (self-defined) start and end times is enough to get started. But five minute blocks do surface super interesting things if you go deeper into it...

Remember @sebastmarsh talking about this in reference to making a lights spreadsheet ultraworking.gitbooks.io/lights/content… Think of it as applying the checklist manifesto concepts to your life in general