Weekend Reading
Writing worth reading - 08th/09th June 2024
A former nun explains why she ran away from her 'Cloistered' life by Terry Gross
“You knew exactly where you had to go when, and you were silent most of the time and very focused on what you were doing," Coldstream explains. "There were all these kinds of external structures, like ... the timetable and the bell that meant you could sort of focus on your inner life and not be always, needing to talk or make decisions…”
The Opaque Investment Empire Making OpenAI’s Sam Altman Rich by Berber Jin, Tom Dotan and Keach Hagey
“Sam Altman has a day job and a side gig. Only one of them is making him rich. As the chief executive and co-founder of OpenAI, the 39-year-old oversees an artificial-intelligence startup valued at $86 billion that is spearheading a technological revolution. He owns no stake in the ChatGPT developer, saying he doesn’t want the seductions of wealth to corrupt the safe development of artificial intelligence, and makes a yearly salary of just $65,000....”
Jerry Seinfeld, Ichiro Suzuki and the Pursuit of Mastery by Trung Phan
“At the time, Seinfeld was a successful 33-year old stand-up comedian with over a decade of experience. My guess is that Seinfeld meant to say he started reading Esquire in the 60s — when he was still only 6 to 16 years old — but the actual “Mastery” issue wasn’t until later. The 1987 Esquire issue I found clearly didn’t lead Seinfeld down the path of comedic perfection, but I think it gave him the vocabulary and frameworks to describe his intense work ethic.…”
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