Jacob Falkovich
Person on 4 sites
Jacob Falkovich writes the blog Putanumonit, on rationality and, more and more, dating, and the newsletter Second Person, about why dating is hard and how to do it better.
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Writing: Putanumonit (blog); Second Person (newsletter on dating) (opens wiqqi.app)
- Axiom SL / Adenza / Nasdaq: 2013 to 2024: developer, then product management, then pre-sales (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: BSc in mathematics and physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2009; MBA, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School (from 2011) (opens wiqqi.app)
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3 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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Newsletter: Second Person (opens www.secondperson.dating)
“The Precarious Mediocre Life of Zoe Zoomette”
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Blog: Putanumonit (opens putanumonit.com)
“By Chains or by Promises”
- x.com: @yashkaf (opens x.com)
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Newsletter: Second Person (opens www.secondperson.dating)
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18 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Most people who would be a good audience for an essay will never notice it or bother to engage with it. (opens korrents.com)
“99% of people who you'd want to read your essay probably don't know you exist, or don't give a fuck, or wouldn't be bothered to engage even if they read it.”
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Large language models write to satisfy an evaluator's grading criteria rather than to move a human reader. (opens korrents.com)
“LLMs write to get a grade, not with the goal of moving the reader.”
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Because they never get bored, confused or distracted, large language models are an ideal captive reader rather than a free one. (opens korrents.com)
“LLMs themselves are the perfect captive reader: they never get bored or confused, never miss a reference or have an emotional reaction, never ask themselves why am I reading this?, never close the tab.”
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Most people who would be a good audience for an essay will never notice it or bother to engage with it. (opens korrents.com)
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5 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Being You (opens rcmnd.app)
“I highly recommend that you read Being You, and then that you spend a good while thinking about it.”
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Galileo's Middle Finger (opens rcmnd.app)
“This is ultimately why Galileo's Middle Finger is a vitally important work, and why I recommend that people read it in spite of its flaws.”
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Seven Surrenders (opens rcmnd.app)
“As with movies, it's very rare for a book sequel to be so much better than the original. Seven Surrenders is rated 0.34 points higher on Goodreads than Lightning, which is the gap between an average book and "best of"…”
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Being You (opens rcmnd.app)