Tactic 200. Story 3. Apply for a Job at Neuralink
Tactic Summary
The diagram above shows how I learned the idea of “momentum” in 1976. I understood this idea when I was playing catch with my dad in the front yard of our house. The ball in motion was carrying energy that my dad put into it. When that energy impacts my body, I sense it and visualize the sensory information on a scale model relative to an index value of 100%. This model showed me the relationship between velocity of the ball, the sound it make when it hit my glove, and the pain I felt when I caught it.
What: velocity, or sound, or pain
How much: the relative size of the circles represents How much in a proportional way. Since I always use 10 x 10 or 100 x 100 in every model, it is easy to maintain the scale.
Where: I knew where I was relative to my dad in terms of distance.
When: I knew the less time it took for the ball to reach me, the faster it was going. A ball going twice as fast will take half as much time. This relationship is inversely linear so I knew when the ball would reach me by watching the trajectory and indexing velocity off of elapsed time from the time it left my dad’s hand to the halfway point.
How: A parabola that I could see by watching a ball move through the air.
Why: I didn’t know why a ball moved through the air. But I could see that “why” was missing.
Planned Outcomes
job application is forwarded internally within 7 days
intake interview scheduled within 7 days
five new Twitter followers from Neuralink within 30 days
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| Tactic Id | Tactic 200 |
| Story Id | Story 3 |
| Name | Apply for a job at Neuralink |
| Attributes | Spatial modeling of six perspectives |
| Date Completed | December 2023 |
| Pattern | KV |
| Emotion | Curiosity |
| Timing | Credibility sequence (January 2024) |
