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Cole Ryan


Writing insights on all things business, life, philosophy, and entrepreneurship.

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Nov 07

The Model Matching Problem

I saw this post on X that mind fucked me for about twenty minutes. It's this diagram showing how Alice has a model of Bob, Bob has a model of Alice, but then there's this deeper layer where Alice has a model of Bob's model of her, and Bob has a model of Alice's model of him. This recursive nightmare where nobody's actually interacting with reality, they're all interacting with their models of models. And buried in there somewhere is the actual person, getting smaller and smaller as the models...

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Aug 19

the art of compression

Aug 17

reference points saved me from falling off a cliff

Aug 15

Signal vs Noise

Aug 07

ehhh I dont have a name for this one

Aug 05

crowded trades and lobster tiramisu

Jun 25

Stake Theory + Clown World Mayor

May 20

Grapes, A Fox, Distance-Value Paradox

May 09

The Map Is Not The Territory

May 07

Antifragility in practice

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