Optima & Outliers is an essay newsletter by a single author exploring how talent, cognitive profiles and innovation shape career outcomes, such as why the 'Aspie' type has risen in status and how LLMs may favour people with ADHD traits. Recent issues also examine hiring as a two-way, dating-like process where startups face particular challenges attracting illegible talent.
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A newsletter by a generative AI researcher at NVIDIA covering how AI systems learn to judge visual quality, plus career and grad school guidance. Readers get in-depth explainers on research papers and occasional offers of free office hours.
Holden Karnofsky writes essays on how to help the 'most important century' go well, focusing on AI risk, policy and career opportunities. Posts mix careful reasoning about uncertainty with concrete recommendations for companies, governments and individuals.
Lenny's Newsletter covers product, growth and career topics, and the recent issues are podcast-style episodes on hands-on AI tool testing. Readers get walkthroughs of real AI agent workflows, product reviews, and guest interviews with practical detail.
A newsletter for UX professionals that unpacks one topic per issue, such as research methods, usability myths and AI's effect on skills, with cited studies and a resource section. It challenges common UX assumptions and gives practical guidance on applying research properly.
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