Notes towards becoming a better investor
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Notes towards becoming a better investor
The idea of research as leisure activity has stayed with me because it seems to describe a kind of intellectual inquiry that comes from idiosyncratic passion and interest. It’s not about the formal credentials. It’s fundamentally about play . It seems to describe a life where it’s just fun to be reading, learning, writing, and collaborating on... See more
Celine Nguyen • research as leisure activity
Deeply getting to know the person you have always been instead of endlessly reinventing yourself is “how” to stop seeking validation from everyone around you. I love the title of David Lipsky’s DFW biography for this reason: “Although of Course You End Up Being Yourself.” Jenny Slate has a great tweet about the feeling at the beginning of this process: “As the image of myself becomes sharper in my brain and more precious, I feel less afraid someone else will erase me by denying me love.”
“I believe that life is fragile yet simultaneously relentlessly resilient”. If we can come to terms with how relentlessly resilient we are (even in the face of imposter syndrome which can tend to drive more resiliency and innovation), we can come to terms with building, measuring, learning, and building better/doing better.
what 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."
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.
I 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
