agency

I had the autonomy to try and the freedom to fail. It became a personal, private project, with all the excitement of secrecy and all the nobility of ownership.

To start almost anything, you need to know nearly nothing.

Learning is downstream of doing. The order should rarely be reversed. Most real knowledge, knowledge worth attaining, lives in the hands . It must be cultivated gradually, like a garden. Really, it must be grown. Most real knowledge is the result of doing something deliberately for a long time and steadily making small improvements. It requires a s... See more

Investigating whether things are really as hard as they look. Usually, they aren't. Many things look super hard, prove to be quite easy. But to discover that, an attempt must be made. Effort must come before success.