Some people **talk to think**. Others **think to talk**.

There's no right or wrong, only _"what works for you."_

> Introverts think to talk. Extroverts talk to think.

This made me realize how much companies resemble their founders.

In the [conversation between Ilya Sutskever and Dwarkesh](https://thezvi.substack.com/p/on-dwarkesh-patels-second-interview), you can tell that Ilya is very much a _"think, think, think, ..., think, then talk"_ person.

A much deeper thinker than most. Likely much more of an introvert than most. It's one of the reasons he's achieved what he has.

It's also one of the reasons there's no info on anything at [ssi.inc](https://ssi.inc). A company resembles the personality of its leadership.

> Quiet founders build quiet companies. Loud founders build loud companies.

And there's probably an LLM analogy here too. **Chain-of-thought** is just _"think to talk"_ for machines.

Extended thinking, reasoning tokens, "slow mode", etc... They're all just ways of forcing the model to be more of an introvert before it opens its mouth.