Notes towards becoming a better investor
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Notes towards becoming a better investor
ChatGPT - VC Associate
chatgpt.comI was young, naive, and plagued by impostor syndrome. I held back instead of exploring more, engaging more deeply, and seeking out more challenges. I allowed myself to be carried along by the current, rather than actively charting my own course. Youth is wasted on the young.
Why pretend to be smart and play it safe? True understanding is rare and... See more
Why pretend to be smart and play it safe? True understanding is rare and... See more
Murat Demirbas • My Time at MIT
In some sense, Albini’s contrition was the act of a premier hater realizing that the final frontier of hating is one’s own past. But it was also a welcome way for Albini to show that people can continue to grow at any age—and it set the stage for him to continue to grow as a producer as well.
Steve Albini Was a Hater to His Core. And We’re All Better for It.
Instead, Professor Kahneman favored an alternative that he termed “adversarial collaboration.” When people who disagree work together to test a hypothesis, they are involved in a common endeavor. They are trying not to win, but to figure out what’s true. They might even become friends.
Cass R. Sunstein • Opinion | The Nobel Prize-Winning Professor Who Liked to Collaborate With His Adversaries
A Man Bakes Soulful Bread in a Renovated Garage | Sourdough Bread Making in Japan
youtu.bewhat is so interesting about baking bread?
“I’m always thinking about... It reminds me of the first person I was. Kids going crazy about beetle catching, playing in the water, etc. There's no reason for that one. They're just absorbed in it. But as we grow up, we tend to look for reasons and logic for such behaviour.
No, it's not that. [It’s] that kind of obsessed, sensory, original self. When I'm kneading dough by myself in a place like this, that's what it reminds me of.
So my mental age is getting more and more childish. I'm becoming a social misfit. I'm getting further and further away from organizational people."
Tolerating Unknowns Will Make You Stronger
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