Markie Wagner
@markiewagner
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History is defined by top players pursuing good quests. Today, we are in a crisis. Silicon Valley's best — our top operators, exited founders, and investors — are almost all on bad quests. @traestephens and I write about quests in @PirateWires.
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RT @tbpn: We asked @traestephens about his "Good Quests" essay with @markiewagner. "Lots of super talented former entrepreneurs took the r….
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RT @traestephens: A little over two years ago, @markiewagner and I published an essay in @PirateWires entitled "Choose Good Quests" that bl….
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RT @PirateWires: A manifesto for founders in tech:. Choose Good Quests, by @traestephens and @markiewagner. "There are certainly bad quests….
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RT @PirateWires: Essay:. Choose Good Quests, by @traestephens and @markiewagner. "There are certainly bad quests that are hard, and (a few)….
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RT @OrchidInc: We’re excited to announce the first whole genome screening for embryos is available! . Parents can get 100x more data about….
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RT @shaunmmaguire: This is a poetic post by @traestephens and the @PirateWires team. This one is personal for me as Trae and Peter backed m….
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RT @spolu: If ChatGPT is Pong for LLM, this is at least Space Invaders level🤯. - Facts extraction.- Automated "Database" creation and popul….
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To answer a query, we pick the best of three methods. The first two methods use LLMs to create and populate a "database" with relevant metrics to answer a question. The last method uses recursive summarization, summarizing sets of facts to eventually answer the query.
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it’s like this is the grammys of being an unhinged manic young person.
Congratulations to our newest class of Thiel Fellows!
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Excited to share that I will be joining this year’s class of Thiel Fellows! So many of the people I respect and look up to have gone through this program. I’m honored to be joining that lineage — thank you to the fellowship for taking the bet on me.
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RT @shivon: Hands down the most important article I’ve read in years. Incredible job by @traestephens.
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RT @micsolana: tech is facing a crisis of bullshit. important to ask yourself "am i really making the world a better place rn, or am i just….
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For our best players, these quests are difficult. But for everyone else, they are nearly impossible. Therefore, there is a moral imperative for our best players to choose good, hard quests.
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From planes and power plants to medicine and light, the achievements of those men and women who embarked on good quests built the modern world. Are you on a good quest now? Be honest.
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