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Advice · Patrick Collison
- To the extent that you enjoy working hard, do.
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- If you're 20–30: I don't know yet. I plan to think about this when I'm 35-40.
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- Go deep on things. Become an expert. In particular, try to go deep on multiple things.
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- By all means make friends but being weird as a teenager is generally good.
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- If you're 10–20: These are prime years!
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- One of the main things you should try to achieve by age 20 is some sense for which kinds of things you enjoy doing. This probably won't change a lot throughout your life and so you should try to discover the shape of that space as quickly as you can.
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- practice coming up with your own worldview.
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- If you think something is important but people older than you don't hold it in high regard, there's a reasonable chance that you're right and they're wrong.
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- Make friends over the internet with people who are great at things you're interested in. The internet is one of the biggest advantages you have over prior generations. Leverage it.
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