on an optimal and falliable exploration
We are as gods, so we might aswell get good at it
Stewart brand
taste is the algorithm of the soul
if you’re really good at what you do, you have the freedom to be who you really are
Sam Zell • Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel
Their gospel of optimisation ignores the fundamental question: what’s the point of being 10x more productive if we’re not 10x more fulfilled?
337 / Productivity’s empty promise
let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
— Sun Tzu, The Art of War
David Deutsch has this great view of the world where he believes that everything important is understandable by a single human. By important he means the underlying base theories that drive most of reality.
Deutsch fixates on four theories. I could argue maybe there are a few more, especially if you start getting into Adam Smith and The Wealth of Na... See more
Deutsch fixates on four theories. I could argue maybe there are a few more, especially if you start getting into Adam Smith and The Wealth of Na... See more
Naval • With a Good Theory of Knowledge, You Can Decide What Else Is True
The Institute of Fourth Dimensional Thinking
thinkfourth.orgThe choices you make today will affect your Future Self tomorrow. In this way, you are a caregiver to them. They rely on you to help them thrive.