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Don't Read History for Lessons
The further back in history you look, the more general your takeaways should be.
Morgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
I had even heard other people talk about how they had tried to copy this or that approach and it had failed and I had heard others say that it was their “execution that had failed”. Well what if it wasn’t? What if they had copied one context specific approach and applied it to the wrong context? What if it was just the wrong thing to do like bettin... See more
Simon Wardley • Highlights From medium.com
The archives of human cleverness are filled with blunders. When read in a good mood, history is a blooper reel. But it should not be lost on us that history never repeats, and modern technology enables ever more leverage. The more technology you can harness to commit an idea, and the faster your idea can spread, the greater the magnitude of somethi... See more