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If you're a middle manager, you get this advantage of a junior person who's desperate to prove themselves, who is willing to work really hard, but isn't very good, but will be. And they write deal memos over and over again, and they get yelled at or given nice feedback, and eventually they learn how to write a deal memo. And that's how we teach people. You don't have to be good at managing for them to learn. Ideally, you're good at teaching, but you don't have to be. But that's all broken down.

— The Prof G Pod
2w ago

I looked up at him in his eyes and I saw a man who was listening, listening to what I had to say. And Bill turned out to be a wonderful surrogate father who my father greatly admired and called him that.

4w ago

I never felt there was judgment coming from David, it was always just joy and pleasure. In a strange way I think the pressure was really sort of self-delivered by me and it's like I want to do a great job here and I want to get everything the way I imagine it to be.

1mo ago

We're investing billions into making sure we put the very best AI tools onto every screen on the planet. But with all this technology at our fingertips, why aren't we investing just as urgently into making sure every student can connect with the people who will change their life?

3mo ago

AI is making knowledge more accessible, more personalized, and more intuitive than we ever thought possible. But ask any student what has changed their life the most, and they won't tell you about a technology. They'll tell you about a person.

3mo ago

Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.

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