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74 sats \ 2 replies \ @elvismercury 17h \ on: Memoir: Finding freedom in apparent failure the_stacker_muse
It's strange how so many fields have that kind of signature, where the handful of elites in that field are just so absolutely tailored to the ecology.
In my experience, they're usually driven and conscientious (e.g., they have their shit together to remarkable degree) but they almost are never the smartest, most creative and interesting. Maybe this is a property of all exploiters, in any niche? Being an absolute master at speedrunning the level tells you much less than it seems; yet they are the face of "winning" and set the standard for what people think of when they think about success.
Anyway, the level of academia you've found strikes me as pretty great. Gives me something to shoot for.
Running? Back to basics ->#1256634
Elite Metaprograms (Open-Source Genius Edition)
Most people run on Windows 95—chasing likes, titles, the external pat on the back! The elite?
They’re rewriting the OS from scratch like alpha conversion in lambda calculus.
Some people sort for sameness, debugging against the crowd’s blue screen of approval. Some people compile from vision with one eye in the future, too many feet in the past, never fully trusting an internal GPS so precise it turns practice into ritual like the law of attraction on steroids; TRT?
Skills -> inevitable implementation !
The difference isn’t necessarily the hardware, the source code, nor the ship that one has to swim too! No trophies, no rewards! Just a reality so vivid the world installs updates on the dolphins back.
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Hmm, speed-running is an apt comparison. You need a certain level of determination and drive, and even sacrifice. Not everyone is willing or able to do that and that's okay.
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