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The World Wide Web is what I know best (I’ve coded for money in the programming languages Java, JavaScript, Python, Perl, PHP, Clojure, and XSLT), but the Web is only one small part of the larger world of software development. There are 11 million professional software developers on earth, according to the research firm IDC. (An additional 7... See more
“Sprezzatura” is the word Richard-Carvajal uses: an Italian term that describes a kind of nonchalance, employed in order to conceal the work and craft behind something that appears effortless.
To be clear, there is nothing wrong in making things that are interesting to other people. But, to borrow an insight from Brian Eno, the best way to do that is to follow your curiosity and then build a frame around the result so it makes sense to others afterward .
VI. To play a unique long-term game, you must avoid comparison, which is harder than it seems
The problem in an economy is all the other damn people.
If we dare to live and succeed on our own unique long-term game, we must avoid comparison , especially with those currently experiencing short-term success:
Solitarist identity is an example of dichotomous or binary thinking, one of the cognitive distortions that are evidently becoming more common, at least among young adults in the United States, according to George Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt’s analysis in “The Coddling of the American Mind.” Psychologists studying binary thinking have also found it... See more