“The next day, I sit in a library with two laptops open. On one, I make notes for this essay. On the other, I ask Claude Cowork to do a task I’ve been asking Claude to do for several years—scrape my newsletter archives at jack-clark.net and help me implement a local vector search system, so I can more easily access my now vast archive of almost a decade of writing. And while I write this essay, Claude does it.” – Jack Clark (20260119)
Tuning out the Valley—look for areas where tech hasn’t moved in yet, set aside what tech people talk about and look at the rest of civilization.
Next:
- 7-1d1a You can also arbitrage the technology itself
- 7-1d2 Technology changes the problem-situation, and determines which ideas are possible and obsolete
Related:
- Arbitrage
- Writing down helps because any problems will be solvable unless forbidden by the laws of physics
- 5-2c2b1 Focus on the fundamentals, on the deeper ideas closer to abstract knowledge, on what matters, and build yourself (including technology) around it
- 7-1a5 Startups work on technology because great ideas made viable by newest tech (itself a new technology) is the best source of rapid change and growth
- 8-1c5 Look for Lollapalooza, or system equivalent of critical mass, or chemical equivalent of activation energy, alloying, and catalysts