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Reflect
Additive Rule: always predict that things will go on just a constant amount longer.
Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths • Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
One of the biggest reasons it gets harder to do new things as you get older is that new things are generally undignified at first (indeed, this is an excellent heuristic for discovering them) and the older you get, the more dignified you're expected to be.
A good test when reading the news is to constantly ask, “Will I still care about this story in a year? Two years? Five years?”
Morgan Housel • Some Things I Think
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Rather than thinking on a scale of seconds, days and months, we should extend our time horizons to encompass decades, centuries and millennia. Only then would we be able to truly respect and honour the generations to come.
Roman Krznaric • The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World
The Lindy Effect: older = longer lifespan? Not always. Rapid technological change renders it less reliable. Beware the illusion of permanence. #LindyEffect #DisruptiveInnovation #Technology