long-term thinking

musings on long-term thinking in a shortsighted world. we overestimate what we can do in a year, underestimate what we can do in 10 kinda thing.

Juan Orbea and

Our modern world seeks to focus us towards the short term and praises quarterly growth. But in the real world, away from high frequency ledger entries and global capital flows. It takes 100-120 years for an oak tree to grow from seed to full canopy height. It takes three human generations to grow a tree.

andrea

Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

Bill Carr • 10 highlights

amazon.com

james

Volts podcast: Johannes Ackva on effective climate altruism

Johannes Ackva open.spotify.com

Juan Orbea

The Shawshank Redemption failed at the box office but went on to gross more than $100 million as a cult classic.

The 48 Laws of Power missed the bestseller lists for more than a decade and still sold more than a million copies.

sari

The Long Now Foundation

longnow.org

sari

Climate 101 with Albert Wenger part 3

youtube.com

kev

Airtable's Path to Product-Market Fit

First Round Review review.firstround.com

sari

Play the long game. People really underestimate **just how early** @joerogan was to podcasting. 2004 - Term "podcasting" is coined (ipod + broadcasting) 2005 - iTunes starts supporting podcasts 2009 - @joerogan starts his podcast 2012 - Apple... See more

Eric Jorgenson 📚 ☀️x.com

andrea

The Data of Long-Lived Institutions

Alexander Rose longnow.org

ssari

This a very interesting read on long-lived institutions. A few facts: most of the oldest companies in the world are in Japan. 90% of the companies that are over 200 years old have 300 employees or less, they’re not mega companies