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David Perell • 28 Pieces of Life Advice
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Additional new bits of advice I wished I had known earlier (not in my book), as my gift on my 73 birthday:
• The best way to criticize something is to make something better.
• Admitting that “I don’t know” at least once a day will make you a better... See more
Kevin Kellyx.com
My notes from “inventing on principle” by Bret Victor.
You can be a craftsman (common) or a crusader (rare). You can define yourself by your work, or by a cause.
The most important thing you can realize is that your life is yours to shape—nothing is set in... See more
Patrick OShaughnessyx.comFigma
figma.com
Interface > Data > Models
While media still focuses on the “next best model” rat race, increasingly believe that the “interface” and “data” layers will further distinguish market leaders while the “models” layer becomes increasingly commoditized and pushed to the edge (becoming increasingly obvious as mobile chips get better and OSes get their... See more
While media still focuses on the “next best model” rat race, increasingly believe that the “interface” and “data” layers will further distinguish market leaders while the “models” layer becomes increasingly commoditized and pushed to the edge (becoming increasingly obvious as mobile chips get better and OSes get their... See more
scott belsky • Tweet
moats in an AI world
the moralists ask us how we can justify our love of reading, we can make use of some such excuse as this. But if we are honest, we know that no such excuse is needed. It is true that we get nothing whatsoever except pleasure from reading; it is true that the wisest of us is unable to say what that pleasure may be. But that pleasure—mysterious,... See more
How Should One Read a Book? (Pt. 2) - Tetragrammaton
Vorginia Woolf