Field Notes
from the work.
The Patch Cycle
Anthropic disclosed a frontier AI model and announced in the same breath that it would not be released. The framing of the announcement matters more than the announcement.
Awe Travels
Wharton, 2012: anger and awe both drive viral sharing—and awe is the harder one to build. We ran the test live. 40 million views vs. 6.
Independence
Mr. Kennedy suspended his campaign on Friday and endorsed President Trump. I won't be following him there.
The Most Expensive Paragraph in History
A paragraph written in 1845 holds the key to a multi-trillion-dollar problem. That's a clickbait line. I don't care.
The Power of Vulnerability
October 2020. NF — The Power of Vulnerability.
On Songwriting
How Gregory Alan Isakov constructs his masterpieces.
A Present Mind
Senior thesis. The effect of mindful meditation on the executive network of cognition.