Optima & Outliers

LLMs and ADHD: The Rise of the Headless Chicken

In my last post — The Rise of the Aspie — I told a story of how one technological paradigm — broadly, software and the internet — increased the returns…

Oct 1 • Vaishnav Sunil

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September 2026

January 2026

Hiring the Illegible

Part 1: Build a Talent Community around you

Jan 5 • Vaishnav Sunil

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On Palantir and Neurodivergence

Palantir comes out against "If you can't even do X, how can you do Y?"

Jan 2 • Vaishnav Sunil

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December 2025

November 2025

Why is LinkedIn So Cringe - Part 2

In my last post, I argued that cringe occurs when the receiver perceives a gap between what they think someone meant to signal and what actually was…

Nov 10, 2025 • Vaishnav Sunil

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October 2025

Why is LinkedIn So Cringe? - Part 1

Defining cringe and its dimensions

Oct 3, 2025 • Vaishnav Sunil

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August 2025

The Highest Return on Cognition

Why does Jane Street pay 22 year olds half a million dollars?

Aug 4, 2025 • Vaishnav Sunil

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July 2025

What is Organizational Culture? (&NYC Happy Hour)

What do these words have in common?

Jul 27, 2025 • Vaishnav Sunil

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Entrepreneurship As Recursive Price Discovery

Thinking about Startups from First Principles

Jul 16, 2025 • Vaishnav Sunil

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June 2025

Money Gets Better with Age

When I told my wife I was writing this, she said "Do you really think people need to be reminded that it's good to make money?" I do.

Jun 16, 2025 • Vaishnav Sunil

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O&O NYC Meetup: Show Off How You Talk To Claude

Hey All,

Jun 9, 2025 • Vaishnav Sunil

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