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The speaker proposes that a diffusion-like mode of communication could make an entire idea appear at once as its components resolve over time.

swyx · Academia is for Ambition — Alex Zhang, MIT · 2 Oct 2026

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“and what if you could talk in diffusion where”
“things just resolve over time”
“but like the whole idea shows up at once”
“so that is a drastically different language but it”
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