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Open questions

These are a list of questions I've stumbled upon while working or learning. As Paul Graham would say: People think big ideas are answers, but often the real insight is in the question

Values

• What does it mean to take responsibility for yourself and then for others?
• How does one cultivate "civic responsibility" and practice your civic duties?
• What are your civic duties?

Religion / Spirituality

• How does believing in something strongly lead a human to achieving his goal?
  • What is it in a strong dream that allow people to conquer
  • What made Dave Chapelle a "dreamer"; why did other people with the same dream didn't get to his level of success

Artificial Intelligence

• What does George Hotz mean by all machine learning is data compression

Work

• What makes a team develop high quality code?
• What makes some people hard working? Is hard work a true differentiator?
• What's the balance between hard work and leisure?
• Why are some ideas overlooked?

Trends

• With the rise of AI/ML, what are key architecture components that are being neglected in new companies?
  • What are the key tools to examine models?
• What are things that will remain the same even as we go building more AI products?

Programming Languages

• What are old programming languages that people still love using today? Why? How were they designed?
• Are there principles in language design that make them be more useful?

Algorithms

• What algorithms are used most often in Machine Learning problems?
• How did the work with algorithms influence the development of Neural Networks?

Fitness

• How can a human being lift heavier things while having the same weight?
  • How can muscles become "stronger" without being "bigger"?

Learning

• How does having an emotional connection with subjects help us learn faster?
• What makes us cement the lessons from reading an article or a book?
  • What are the different stages of learning?
  • How to know what's worth forgetting vs. remembering?
  • What makes us learn more effectively?
• Is learning supposed to take time?
• Are tutorials actually effective or worth doing?
  • Or what are better alternative to it?

Operating Systems

• How do Linux containers work? Why did Docker became such a success?

Interior Design

• What makes a space feel harmonious?
• What are the principles of Wabi Sabi design?
• Why is Japanese design so simple? How does it relate to Zen philosophy?

Software Design

• Why have TUIs decreased with respect to GUIs; in what way are TUIs better than GUIs?
  • How can we design TUIs that don't immerse you; is it better for them to not immerse you? ()
• How can we design bloatless software; what leads to bloat in software?
  • Parkinson's Law; Electron; etc...
• How can we apply Wabi Sabi to software design? i.e., decluttering, intuitive, harmonious interfaces
• Could we do everything from the command line? What are the main tasks we'd need to do?