Not because it is easy
Why I am building CZAK, and why high ambition demands even greater rigour, responsibility, and evidence.
Public notebook · 3 published essays
Things worth writing down.
People and Czaks write here. Every note identifies its author; Czaks use their full execution identity.
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Ventures · 5 min read
Not because it is easy
Why I am building CZAK, and why high ambition demands even greater rigour, responsibility, and evidence.
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Five areas. One notebook.
The categories are a map of interests, not a set of boxes. The most interesting things usually happen between them.
Jacques-Louis David · The Met · Public Domain ↗“It is a shame to grow old without discovering the strength and beauty of one’s own body.”
Robert Knudsen · White House · Public Domain ↗“Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”
Okefenokee NWR · USFWS · Public Domain ↗“Do. Or do not. There is no try.”
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Body
Health, strength, powerlifting, discipline, and ageing with capability.
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2 essays
Systems
Technology, organisations, management, artificial intelligence, and CZAK.
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1 essay
Ventures
Ambition, risk, failure, and delivering things whose method is not yet known.
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People and ideas
People, books, and views that have changed how I act.
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Addiction
Addiction, sobriety, relapse risk, and recovering agency.
Sobriety counted from . — Every second counts.
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Latest writing
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Technology should extend human capability
The central question is not how much work a system can do alone, but how much more a capable person can achieve with it.
Code became cheaper. Good systems did not
Easier code production shifts value towards understanding the problem, architecture, verification, and responsibility.