Building @trove_dad on paternity leave | Product @ Intuit | Old to Twitter, new to tweeting
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Set up text-replacement shortcuts for your email, address, and other key phrases you commonly type on a phone. Email in particular saves a ton of time on login forms
Asking all baby-related questions, typically via voice mode with baby in hand. ChatGPT 5 Thinking mode has been tremendous.
There was tons of alpha in being a great googler. Using quotation marks effectively, etc. Adding “reddit” to the end of queries. Even having intuition on which links to click on based on their previews.
Was a big multiplier of effectiveness for 15+ years.
“Effort” as a signal of candidate quality has completely broken with Gen AI.
An interesting Econ paper just came out on this. Just wrote a post:
open.substack.com/pub/johnst…?
NEW POST: Generative AI was supposed to make us faster and more effective.
But in systems that rely on visible effort as a signal of quality, it’s often making them worse.
In my new essay, “Friction Was the Feature,” I explore:
-- How coal production in the 19th century explains AI's impact on knowledge work
-- How cheaper words lead to inflating outputs instead of better outcomes
-- How Freelancer.com is a canary in the coal mine for this “loss of signal” problem
-- How we might redesign hiring, admissions, and other fields around proofs instead of prose
If you’ve ever felt like you’re drowning in words but not seeing the systems around you improve, I think you’ll enjoy this.
Link below 👇
John Stone retweeted
As you become an adult, you realize that things around you weren't just always there; people made them happen. But only recently have I started to internalize how much tenacity *everything* requires. That hotel, that park, that railway. The world is a museum of passion projects.
@morganhousel heading to Hawaii tomorrow for our first vacation with our 5mo baby and need a vacation read. I'm super stoked for your next book, what's the chance I could get an advance copy for Kindle?
I already preordered it, if that matters. Happy to review it too or whatever people do with advance copies
A better healthcare system could just be life insurance that pays out exponentially more the younger you die.
Align incentives so the longer you live, the better financially they do.
Plenty of complexities, but seems like a better model than present. Is this legal to build?
and it’s not necessarily a good thing. Confines create meaning; constraints breed creativity.
No one needed infinite scroll, it was just the best way companies could capture more scarce attention to drive profits.
Will infinite everything be any better?
Love this deliberate ordering of priorities.
I built an app to help dads be more intentional & preserve precious moments with their kids. Texts you a journaling prompt 2x per week, you reply with a photo + reflection
Would love your take >> trove.dad
