positive sum thinking

Concerns about population growth are emerging again. A 2020 survey found that 39 percent of youth worldwide are hesitant to have children in the future because of climate change.

Even Ehrlich is still at it. In October 2021, he wrote to the editors of Nature that scientists needed to get off of their “peacetime footing” to limit and prevent overpop... See more

To really like my work I have to look at it with different eyes. I have to forget everyone who did it better or faster, and remind myself that no one has ever done it quite the way I have. I have to remind myself that the people I compare myself to probably compare themselves to others and that if they let their self-doubt keep them from creating I... See more

What I appreciate most about the talent stack is that it opens us to more positive-sum games. Rather than competing head-on and trying to climb one global summit, the talent stack empowers us to be the best version of ourselves. It’s a lesson I wish they taught in school. It is the ultimate escape from competition.

We prospered in an AND world, not an OR world. We could succeed AND others could succeed.

Positive sum thinking is what grows the pie in a macro POV, but also in your own life. The more happy you are for others, the happier they’ll be for you.

Those who can ask without shame are viewing themselves in collaboration with—rather than in competition with—the world

I deeply dislike this zero sum approach to love and intend to devote my life to disproving it. I’m willing to bet good money (or support) that if you try giving those you love the acknowledgement that they clearly need, you’ll find that you probably possess a lot more love to give than you thought.