Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedWalter Isaacson: belief
10 Sept 2023 Lex Fridman Podcast #395 – Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Da Vinci & Ben Franklin
“I think that he has an algorithm that we mentioned earlier that begins with question every requirement, but it’s up to is delete, delete, delete, delete every part there.”
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- Walter Isaacson
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- belief
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- 10 Sept 2023
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…What do you think? Was that too much? I think that he has an algorithm that we mentioned earlier that begins with question every requirement, but it’s up to is delete, delete, delete, delete every part there. Then a corollary to that is if you don’t end up adding back 20% of what you deleted, then you didn’t delete enough in the first round ’cause you were too timid. Well, so you asked me did he overdo it? He probably overdid it by 20%, which is his formula, and they’re probably trying to hire people now to keep things going. But it sends a strong signal to people that are hired back or the people that are still there, the APIs, yeah-…
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