The best way to motivate an engineer is to give them full ownership and accountability of a task. By ownership I mean the owner of a task has the highest authority and autonomy regardless of the ranks. The rest of the teams are trying to help the owner to succeed.

I saw a resume of being a president of every math club from middle school all the way to college. I chuckled. We gave the president of our computer club to someone who liked parties and social with the girl schools, so that the rest of us could focus on coding. Our best coder

Rage rage against the dying of the light.

College education should be teaching how things are made and how they operate. In fact, it does the opposite.

Interestingly, transportation is the 2nd largest cost per US household, and 2x more than healthcare. Autonomy vehicles will drastically reduce the cost of transportation.

There is a clear distinction between what people want vs why they actually want it. The later gives you a recipe to build a revolutionary product while the former only gives you a faster horse.

MSM sells lies to train AIs. In return, AI companies pay the ransom for positive coverage. Yet, our children will suffer the consequences.

$2.62 vs $12.94

No matter how you try, you cannot deceive physics. But when you attempt to measure it, physics can deceive you.

One of the parent group chats discussed how doing community services in “blue collar” neighborhoods could help college admissions. This feels backwards. Colleges should prioritize any kid has actual blue collar job experiences than fake community services. These kids would

Civilization on Mars would be the ultimate test for vertical integration.

Teslas drive themselves under your supervision For a fraction of what gas cars cost to run

The future is golden

Lego that powers the planet.

Leave your children not monetary wealth but knowledge and skills that they know how to build without losing the touch of reality. Or they might use that money to undo what you have built.

Experience the real world AI.

Your gifted strength is not for self indulgence but to protect the innocent and weak. At the minimum, your family.

Congressman bans the Internet to protect librarian jobs. 😆