Building The Machine 18: The Road Is Long
"The road is long, With many a winding turn" - The Hollies
What I am Writing ✍️
It has been almost a year since posting What Is Burnout? here which is an apropos post to have a long gap in writing. Now back to building the machine.
What I am Reading 📖
1️⃣ Now an older post from Elad Gil, but worth sharing. In it he talks about the inevitability of what is happening (he predicted right, this was written last year) and I agree. The flight to quality, the chase of profitability, and lower valuations are a reality. This is worth a read.
2️⃣ Perhaps the longest post I have ever read, this is a deep dive into the lethality of AGI and what is happening, what could happen, and what we could do about it.
🔗 AGI Ruin: A List of Lethalities
3️⃣ Nat Bullard put together and shared out his Annual presentation on the state of decarbonization. Its worth looking through the slides and seeing where things are trending. Spoiler: Not in the right direction.
🔗 Decarbonization Presentation
Tools I use 🛠️
If you use a Nest home thermostat you know that controlling them is a bit of a nightmare…until Thermo Watch. This independent developer and service gives me hope for the indie creator that solves a very acute need for people and allows them to be supported. This gives you a desktop app, a watch app, and great widgets to control things. It has been great to use and not sure what I would do with out it
On My Mind 🧠
1-1-1 Journaling Method - from others and recently from Sahil Bloom. Its the simplest and most lightweight way I have come across to journal. Write a win, write a tension, write a gratitude. Thats it - no really. Using the new Apple Journal app to try it out.
Building The Machine Interviews with those people who are typically behind the scenes “building” the flywheels to keep businesses spinning. I explored doing this in the past and picking it back up again. If there is someone you know that is building something great and think their story should be told - reply here and let me know.
Celebrate your wins 🏆
Coming back to this newsletter after almost a year!