Here are six tiny musings and stories that provide different perspectives on the current trend of AI. 1. Bicycle of the Mind In a 1990 interview, Steve Jobs recalled an article he read when he was 12 that measured the efficiency of various species’ locomotion. How many kilocalories did they expend to get from point…

Kuleshov Effect, Dark Room Metaphor, Bicycle of the Mind, Chess Popularity after AI, Predictable by Ideology — Weekly I/O is a project where I share my learning Input/Output every week. This will be the last Weekly I/O published on Medium. Onwards Weekly I/O will be exclusively sent through email. Subscribe for a curated list of my top five weekly learnings and latest articles. The below is…

Zeigarnik Effect, Aspect of Eternity, Quick Decisions Framework, Remember Life, Escape Discomfort, Quantity over Quality, Burn Out, REBT, etc — This is a special version of Weekly I/O. In this Rumination, I will pick some inputs that I found worth reviewing from Weekly I/O#21 to Weekly I/O#30 and add my new thoughts on them. I hope you enjoy it :) Weekly I/O is a project where I share my learning…

It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer’s Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences — Why are we conditioned to fear writing? When we speak, it’s easy and pleasant to convey our thoughts. However, we spend more time thinking about what we want to say when we write. This extra time allows us to worry about writing and thus overcomplicate it. What’s worse, we often…

這是開始做年度紀錄的第六年。 覺得不需要向任何人證明自己什麼。這個想法讓我能更專注但也更輕鬆地做選擇、過生活。延續 2020 紀錄，去觀察自己做事的動機，如果只是因為外在動機（Extrinsic motivation）而想做的事多半不是好玩或長久的事。不用向別人證明自己有多獨特、不用證明自己做了什麼事、負擔得起什麼消費、找的工作好不好、認識誰、去了 …

Time and Moments, Empathy or Solution, Burnout, Attribution Traps, Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation, Confidence is Overrated, Ackerman Bargaining Model, Kill your Darlings, Beer and Coffee Mode, etc — This is a special version of Weekly I/O. In this Rumination #2, I will pick 10 inputs that I found worth reviewing from Weekly I/O#11 to Weekly I/O#20 and add my new thoughts on them. You can also revisit Rumination #1 if you want. I hope you enjoy it :)

2021/2022 US SWE Intern and New Grad — 關鍵字：2021 US Software Engineer Intern、2022 US Software Engineer New Grad、疫情、Google、Facebook/Meta、Amazon、Bloomberg、Cornell Tech、大學非本科 前言 在找工作的路上受到非常多人的幫忙，求職的結果很大部分歸功於集體智慧與台灣人好心的結晶。因為 …

10 Non-Fiction and 8 Fiction Recommendations — I love books and prioritize reading (or listening to audiobooks). I attached my recommendation for non-fiction and a few notes along with the list. The recommendation should be viewed as a mix of the book's quality and my personal preference. [1] Non-Fiction List How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird…

Stay Upwind, Picture and Pixel, Top 5 Regrets, The Opposite of Happiness, Improvisational Productivity, Forget Goals, Write FBR, Who to Hang Out, Emotional Contagion, Breath — This is a special version of Weekly I/O. In this Rumination #1, I will pick 10 inputs that I found worth reviewing from Weekly I/O#1 to Weekly I/O#10 and add my new thoughts on them. I hope you enjoy it :) Weekly I/O is a project where I share my…