And you didn't even get into the selection effects!
At least in our circles, the 10 / 100 / 1k / 10k people reading you are highly sorted, tippy top capability and attainment types.
In the limits, it's like the dynamic in the AI space right now - if you write something popular and well regarded, literally everyone in the space will read it, including billionaires, multiple people in every single frontier AI lab / company, high level politicians, and more.
We're probably not quite that insular and sorted - but I've been surprised a few times when somebody like Zvi or Scott quotes or points to something I wrote. We're being read by people we would both notice and respect if we were at that dinner table or lecture hall.
And you didn't even get into the selection effects!
At least in our circles, the 10 / 100 / 1k / 10k people reading you are highly sorted, tippy top capability and attainment types.
In the limits, it's like the dynamic in the AI space right now - if you write something popular and well regarded, literally everyone in the space will read it, including billionaires, multiple people in every single frontier AI lab / company, high level politicians, and more.
We're probably not quite that insular and sorted - but I've been surprised a few times when somebody like Zvi or Scott quotes or points to something I wrote. We're being read by people we would both notice and respect if we were at that dinner table or lecture hall.