Topic: knowhow

147 mentions · 5 chunks · 4 episodes

24.7× distinctiveness vs baseline

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Topic summary

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knowhow appears in 5 chunks across 4 episodes, from 2024-08-19 to 2024-10-14.
Its densest episode is Bits and Bobs 10/7/24 (2024-10-07), with 2 observations on this topic.
Semantically it travels with llms, while by chunk count it sits between system work and black mirror.

Over time

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Range2024-08-19 to 2024-10-14Mean1.3 per episodePeak2 on 2024-10-07

Observations

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Showing 5 observations sorted from latest to earliest.

A funny thing about knowhow: the more you develop it, the more invisible it gets to you.

from Bits and Bobs 10/14/24 · 2024-10-14

A funny thing about knowhow: the more you develop it, the more invisible it gets to you. It just becomes automatic, something you don't even have to think about, which makes it ...

Someone with more knowhow in a context will be like a wizard.

from Bits and Bobs 10/7/24 · 2024-10-07

Someone with more knowhow in a context will be like a wizard. How does it work? They have loaded up their System 1 with more relevant experience. But also they're able to "chu...

Prompting is like casting spells.

from Bits and Bobs 10/7/24 · 2024-10-07

... You have to get them right to get them to do what you think they will The more knowhow and practice you have, the more likely it is to work.

Just knowing the secret doesn't matter.

from Bits and Bobs 9/30/24 · 2024-09-30

... execute on the secret that matters. Secrets often need not just knowledge, but knowhow to execute.

Most contrarians are wrong, because the market is generally efficient.

from Bits and Bobs 8/19/24 · 2024-08-19

...rarian in one dimension, the dimension you think you have the highest amount of knowhow in relative to the rest of the ecosystem.

Terminology drift

Recurring two-word phrases that become less or more associated with the topic over time. Use this to spot framing changes rather than individual examples.

Earlier framing

Later framing

automatic interrogate0 → 1
casting spells0 → 1
conclude teach0 → 1
develop invisible0 → 1
erroneously conclude0 → 1