Curated routes · field guide
Reading Paths
Curated routes through the archive for when chronological order is technically available but spiritually insufficient.
8 routes 59 waypoints avg severity 2.5 ordered by hand, not by date
RT-01 8 stops
The Long Bet on AI
A route through machine intelligence, the merge, multimodal launches, abundance, and the gradual arrival of the future.
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01 AI 3
02 Machine intelligence, part 1 2
03 Machine intelligence, part 2 2
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RT-02 8 stops
Founder's Field Notes
The practical advice posts, ordered as a working route through company-building, hiring, growth, fundraising, and resilience.
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01 Startup Advice 3
02 How to hire 3
03 Before Growth 3
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RT-03 8 stops
The OpenAI Story
OpenAI-adjacent posts, launches, reflections, and notes from the part of the archive where the future keeps getting product names.
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01 The Merge 3
02 Reinforcement Learning Progress 3
03 DALL•E 2 2
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RT-04 7 stops
When Institutions Need a Map
Policy, coordination, safety, public systems, and the places where institutions need a navigation layer too.
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01 Growth and Government 4
02 Net neutrality 3
03 Policy for Growth and Innovation 2
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RT-05 7 stops
Markets, Bubbles, and Other Weather
Capital, bubbles, valuations, bitcoin, and the economic pressure systems that shape what gets built.
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01 Thoughts on Bitcoin 3
02 What to do if a bubble is starting 2
03 Valuations 3
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RT-06 7 stops
The Personal Operating System
Success, work, endurance, misunderstanding, values, and the private operating system underneath public output.
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01 Successful people 3
02 By endurance we conquer 2
03 How things get done 2
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RT-07 7 stops
The Internet and Public Life
Posts about open networks, public discourse, platforms, elections, and the social machinery around technology.
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01 Anonymity 3
02 Net neutrality 3
03 Stupid Apps and Changing the World 2
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RT-08 7 stops
The Early Archive Path
A compact tour through the older strata of the archive, where the navigation severity begins to look at the ceiling and whistle.
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01 Growth and Government 4
02 Successful people 3
03 Software to avoid the software people 2
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