Several Observations About Myself and the World Around Me

Several observations about myself and the world around me:

1. Staying Up Late and Rhythm

Staying up late is a bad thing. Over the past few workdays, my schedule seems to have flipped around a bit. Of course, as a one-person company, I don't really have a strict distinction between workdays and non-workdays, but staying up late throws off any regular rhythm in sleep and work, and that's never good.

2. Talk More With People Who Haven't Really Used AI

After talking to too many people who work in AI lately, I feel like the next step is to talk more with people who haven't really been exposed to AI. Their needs and pain points may be the most important ones.

People who work in AI tend to go to two extremes: first, they're a bit too crazy and think they can do anything; second, they think anyone who doesn't embrace AI is an idiot. Yes, I'm also criticizing myself here. But ever since the first day I studied Cybernetics, I've remembered something one of the founding figures said: "Humans have their own use."

3. Public Activity Before a Change

If someone starts making bold takes or becomes very active in public, it usually proves a few things: first, something is about to change in their work; second, they're peacocking before fundraising or getting ready to start a company.

4. On Shipping and Craftsmanship

I always see people saying that "a product is ready to ship when it's 30% done," but around me there are also people who try to make a product as good as they can before releasing it. Especially after listening today to the latest episode of 诗梳风 and the conversation with 谜底61, I felt a kind of steadiness. I hope people with a real craftsman's spirit can be rewarded by users.

5. Beijing's Spring

The moment that moved me most today was this — I went out for a bike ride in the afternoon and saw flowers blooming by the roadside. So this is what spring in Beijing really is. What exactly did I see during the springs when I was 25 to 30? A whole life's plan begins in spring.

6. A Day Begins in the Morning

Coming back to it: a day begins in the morning, so stop staying up late. I suddenly understand Birdwatching a little more. Beyond being close to nature, there is something beautiful about waking up with nature's rhythm and participating in it as an observer.

7. The Owl's Point of View

That reminds me of a scene from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs that I watched last weekend, where the story in the gold-mining valley is recorded from something like an owl's point of view. It's such a good perspective. Now that I'm well into my thirties, I finally understand this film, and I finally understand what "Heaven and earth are not benevolent; they treat all things as straw dogs" is really getting at.