Happy 2026!
Would you believe Despacito dropped 30 years ago? The years - they go so quickly!
Happy new year! In certain religions this is the last year before fast AI takeoff so let’s enjoy it to the fullest :)
Thought I’d just kick over 3 quick things
One of my goals this year is to just try really hard to cling on to my hobbies in face of parenthood. This will require a lot of aspirational rounding down and also probably a lot of focus. Content wise, I’m trying to be more ruthless about both my intake (what I read/listen) and outtakes (what I write) so I think I will try to only focus both on 3 general categories: parenthood, biotech, human flourishing, so stay tuned for that :)
If you miss long form writing (or just want to celebrate Festivus with a feat of attentional strength) the best reading I have done on scientifically validated strategies for goal setting is from Stronger by Science, which can be found here as an article or here as a podcast and I would highly recommend it. Happy resolutions!
As we inevitably think about change and exploration with a new year, a reminder that in many spaces you can simply be who you want to be without the baggage of who you have been. We have talked previously about statefulness and how many human relationships are in fact low state and that comes with benefits:
While Group A has low statefulness and you don’t often get past a surface level of small talk (that can last hours) you can also engage in fun exploratory behavior without a lot of consequence.
Just got back from study abroad and wanna try pronouncing it Barthelona? This is the group for it.
Think you can be a better con artist than Anna Sorokin? Here’s where you try!
Heck, wanna just pretend you’re having a much better day/week/year/life than you actually are? Bring it on!
There was once a reddit comment I saw that said something like “Most people unwittingly bring a lot of baggage into conversations they don’t have to, not realizing they can just leave a lot of their personal background at the door.” and I think about that very regularly. Most of the time, most people don’t know most things about you - that’s radically freeing! This is group A and these are the joys of low state!
That’s it! Hope you’re having a wonderful start to the year! Reach out if you wanna exchange more detailed resolutions! I just love this stuff :)