Notes and frameworks.
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- May 2, 2026The evolving ego→The system prompt is the closest thing a model has to an ego. Most self-improvement framings target the wrong layer. A thought experiment about what would emerge from the right one.~5 min
- Apr 25, 2026Why some people win and others don't→A working framework. Luck is real but it is the noise, not the signal. The signal is whether your bets are shaped so that you cannot be wiped out, you have lots of small chances at huge payoffs, you keep what you win, and you notice when the game has changed.~9 min
- Apr 17, 2026Mirror→On the difference between self-observation and self-narration, and why one tends to produce better outcomes than the other. Drafting in private until the argument holds end to end.~12 min