@tszzl: a large part of the current bundle of knowledge work tasks consist of “convincing people of stuff”. marketing to drive …
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A discussion on how knowledge work revolves around persuasion, featuring a quote from Dwarkesh Patel about the conflation of intelligence and power.
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a large part of the current bundle of knowledge work tasks consist of “convincing people of stuff”. marketing to drive sales, making a deck to get investment, designing products that people want to use, etc. superpersuasion is on the hot path of knowledge work tools
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A lot of modern “knowledge work” is less about raw intelligence and more about influence communication framing and trust. The people who can persuade coordinate and shape narratives often end up having outsized impact regardless of technical skill alone @tszzl
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