AI startups seem to grow faster than previous startups. But this is just the latest stage in a consistent trend over the last 50 years. Each decade's… - Paul Graham

People who think they no longer depend on trusting experts only survive because they're mistaken. Every time you get on a plane you trust experts implicitly about a million questions you're not even aware of.

The sweet spot for present-day AI seems to be projects that were constrained by the rate at which humans could produce text. That's why it works so well for programming. Basically programmers produced valuable text. But there are lots of other projects with this quality.

Trying to make something timeless is like thinking about follow-through when kicking a football. In theory it shouldn't matter what happens to your foot after the ball leaves it. But in practice thinking about where your foot will be later makes you put it in the right place now.