I… actually think this post is mostly good advice. Like, I do indeed think some stimulant use is pretty good (though I would mostly stick to caffeine), and I also think working long hours is great. I feel a bit like the controversialness of this post is somewhat of an immune reaction to recent FTX stuff, which I think is somewhat justified, but I actually thought this post was pretty good.
I think the biggest red flags are using anecdotal evidence and intuition as evidence, combined with strong selection biases, to be concerning. I do think risks need to be taken, but I’d like much better evidence than this.
I… actually think this post is mostly good advice. Like, I do indeed think some stimulant use is pretty good (though I would mostly stick to caffeine), and I also think working long hours is great. I feel a bit like the controversialness of this post is somewhat of an immune reaction to recent FTX stuff, which I think is somewhat justified, but I actually thought this post was pretty good.
I think the biggest red flags are using anecdotal evidence and intuition as evidence, combined with strong selection biases, to be concerning. I do think risks need to be taken, but I’d like much better evidence than this.