Yeah, I agree that “be able to usefully scale” is a pretty positive instrumental goal (and maybe one I should pay attention to more).
Maybe there are different versions of “be able to usefully scale”:
I’m mostly thinking of this in terms of “work on area X such that you have a model you can scale to make X much higher impact”. I think this generally doesn’t help you much to explore/scale area Y. (Maybe it helps if X and Y are really related.)
I think you’re thinking of this mostly in terms of “Be able to hire, manage, and coordinate large numbers of people quickly”. I think this is also useful, and it’s also something I’m aiming towards (though probably less than more object-level goals, like figuring out how to make our programs great, at the moment).
Yeah, I agree that “be able to usefully scale” is a pretty positive instrumental goal (and maybe one I should pay attention to more).
Maybe there are different versions of “be able to usefully scale”:
I’m mostly thinking of this in terms of “work on area X such that you have a model you can scale to make X much higher impact”. I think this generally doesn’t help you much to explore/scale area Y. (Maybe it helps if X and Y are really related.)
I think you’re thinking of this mostly in terms of “Be able to hire, manage, and coordinate large numbers of people quickly”. I think this is also useful, and it’s also something I’m aiming towards (though probably less than more object-level goals, like figuring out how to make our programs great, at the moment).