In a tribe, if you think that Grog over there is a freeloader, you're not going to just come right out and point at him. And so because we acquired language, we could tell stories about Grog. And then he's already dead and he doesn't even know it because you and I started talking about him. So the incredible importance of semantic and story. This is coming from a quant. He who has the best story wins in many respects. The third observation here is this is my little hobby horse and soap box. We are deterministic thinkers living in a probabilistic world. It's easier than people think to go from zero to one. Just keep
Jeremiah Lowin is the founder & CEO of Prefect, a dataflow automation company. Jeremiah joins Jim for his second appearance on Infinite Loops to discuss executing, storytelling, artificial intelligence and, of course, puns. Important Links:
Show Notes:
- Slack, puns and the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
- Planning, executing and the story of Prefect in 2022
- Why naming things is a superpower
- If you can’t pivot, you’re dead
- Make original mistakes
- AI, storytelling, deep fakes and open source
Books Mentioned:
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; by Douglas Adams
- What Works on Wall Street; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
- The Beginning of Infinity; by David Deutsch