Working Notes Library
Ongoing collection of people, companies, and media that shape how I build education and AI ops. Think of it as a living briefing: each entry is something I reference when designing new programs or tooling.
Ilya Sutskever — Age of Research
Dwarkesh and Ilya unpack SSI’s roadmap, post-scaling research bets, and how they plan to straight-shot toward safe AGI deployments.
- Why model jaggedness matters for operators
- How SSI will learn from live deployment
- Alignment and multi-agent self-play insights
Talks, breakdowns, and lab sessions worth replaying.
Ilya Sutskever – We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research
// OPENDwarkesh Patel · 96 min
Ilya shares SSI’s strategy, alignment focus, and what the post-scaling era looks like.
The Thinking Game — Full Documentary
// OPENGoogle DeepMind · 84 min
Five-year inside look at DeepMind’s pursuit of intelligence, including AlphaFold’s breakthrough.
Builders whose work I track for signal.
Teams pushing the frontier of what's possible with technology.
Dog-eared reads that keep my operating principles sharp.
How Innovation Works
// OPENMatt Ridley
Timeless patterns for unlocking invention loops.
Creative Selection
// OPENKen Kocienda
Inside-out look at prototyping culture from Apple.
The Man Who Solved the Market
// OPENGregory Zuckerman
How Jim Simons built Renaissance Technologies and rewrote quant finance.
The Story of China
// OPENMichael Wood
A sweeping civilizational history connecting China’s past to its future.
The Technological Republic
// OPENRyan Avent
Explores how technology, governance, and society intertwine in modern states.
Range
// OPENDavid Epstein
Arguments for breadth and experimentation as the edge in complex work.
Project Hail Mary
// OPENAndy Weir
Sci-fi survival story about ingenuity, physics, and improbable collaboration.
Mastery
// OPENRobert Greene
Patterns of apprenticeship and deep practice from polymaths across history.
Chip War
// OPENChris Miller
Geopolitical history of the semiconductor supply chain and its power.
The Diamond Age
// OPENNeal Stephenson
Nanotech future where interactive primers rewire education and society.
The World for Sale
// OPENJavier Blas & Jack Farchy
Inside the commodity traders who quietly influence global politics.
Long-form context from operators and researchers.