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Preparing for a Tech Talk, Part 1: Motivation — overreacted
12 hours ago
- External motivations (recognition, job) vs internal motivations (teaching, learning, sharing ideas).
- Author's internal motivations: sharing inspiring ideas and re-explaining things simply.
- Finding a personal formula for talks aligned with motivations helps in topic selection, reduces fear, and increases conviction.
- Talks should be about the idea, not the speaker, reducing pressure.
- Good talks start as conversations; talking to people helps develop ideas.
My Approach to Building Large Technical Projects
12 hours ago
- Break down large projects into smaller, testable sub-components that yield tangible results.
- Focus on building demos quickly rather than perfecting sub-components; iterate on functionality.
- Adopt your own software as soon as possible to stay motivated and identify missing features.
- Decompose problems, solve only enough to progress, then move to the next demo.
- Prioritize personal adoption and solve your own problems first for sustained motivation.
You Can Discover the Drives
12 days ago
- Human psychological drives, such as hunger, thirst, and safety, are distinct motivations that guide behavior, but their full extent and categorization remain largely undiscovered and informal.
- Drives may be more numerous and complex than commonly assumed; for example, hunger likely consists of multiple sub-drives for specific nutrients like salt or iodine, rather than a single drive for calories.
- The current understanding of drives is compared to early chemistry, where elements were poorly defined, suggesting a need for systematic discovery and classification through new research methods.
- Evidence from personal anecdotes, such as cravings for iodine-rich seaweed snacks diminishing after supplementation, points to the existence of specific nutrient drives, highlighting the potential for empirical study.
- Discovering and documenting all human drives is presented as a fundamental scientific challenge, with potential applications in psychology, nutrition, and self-care, offering a modern frontier for exploration.

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Preparing for a Tech Talk, Part 1: Motivation — overreacted

My Approach to Building Large Technical Projects

You Can Discover the Drives