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Taste as a Value Function
October 31, 2025
As explored previously, the key determinants of success, more so than intelligence, are a selection of what to work on and persistence in its pursuit. Concretely, however, how does one “p...
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Machine Achievement
October 30, 2025
With the advent of machine intelligence purportedly on the near-term time horizon, many claims of hyper-accelerated societal progress are being bandied about. Such claims, however, are of...
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Achievement and Intelligence
October 29, 2025
Growing up, I always imagined that the kids with the greatest sheer intelligence were the ones most likely to achieve notable things in their lives, albeit in the narrowly scoped space of...