You can spend an entire weekend trying to improve your garden. You can also spend 10 minutes everyday in the garden working on improving things slightly. The latter will always win. This is the law of compounding progress. The concept is that by doing a little bit everyday, at least slightly more than the rate of decay then you will slowly compound and things will start to look dramatically better. My neighbor has an immaculate yard. I see him out there everyday. Everyday, doing something. Not very big projects, just little by little. I am in my yard perhaps once a year. Usually because a sprinkler broke or a tree died. The neighbor always wins. This is because his efforts compound over time when they are consistent.
Day 328 – Would You Trust Your Brain?
The author explores the idea of copying a human brain into an AI and questions the trustworthiness of such an AI, highlighting human biases and limitations. The piece argues that AI excels in repetitive tasks and factual recall but will never truly think like a human. It also delves into the author’s personal frustration with an AI agent, revealing that the frustration stemmed from their own inadequacy and unwillingness to plan, rather than the AI’s limitations. The author concludes by suggesting that AI’s “flaws” often reflect human tendencies and a lack of clarity in communication.
