2026-11 - W2

Writing as a thinking tool

When I read a paper, I think I understand it, and then I sit down to write the review and find out I understood maybe 60% of it. While writing the review, I end up contextualizing the paper better, and get to understand it fully. And sometimes I even realize the ideas are bigger than the authors noticed, and they connect to many other things.

Rule 1: Mess up Rule 2: Tidy up Rule 3: Keep it simple, plain, and succinct Rule 4: Write without expectations Rule 5: Put it on the schedule

Being a meat proxy for AI should be grounds for getting people fired

How I’m fighting the AI Brain Fry — Sergey Kuhne

Interesting way of coping the context switch. I should adopt something similar…