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"If someone is applying to Scale and has never been deeply obsessed about something before, then it’s a bad bet to think Scale will be the first. I have a particular line of questioning around this: What’s the hardest you’ve ever worked on something? How many hours were you working a week? Why did you work so hard? Why did you care?"
Wisereads Vol. 104 — Gary Marcus on GPT-5, The Tao of Seneca with Tim Ferriss, and more
To test an idea, you must build it. You can’t rely on the abstract – you have to bring it into the world to play with it feel it and only then can you judge whether it’s worth pursuing or not
Christa Nicholson • The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
The lesson is clear: do less, do it well, and be consistent.