John Schulman: goal-driven research beats idea-driven research — and it's good life advice
tokenbender · x · 2026-09-20
John Schulman, co-founder of Thinking Machines and OpenAI, argues that goal-driven research beats idea-driven research: instead of chasing what others are doing, figure out the life you want and work backward to achieve it. tokenbender highlights it as solid life advice, not just a research methodology.
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