Principles
Fast iteration can make up for a lot; it’s usually ok to be wrong if you iterate quickly. Plans should be measured in decades, execution should be measured in weeks.
Vicariously is a terrible way to live
I am more than happy to watch people get rich in a game I don ’t want to play
Do my expectations match my level of effort? Make sure that they do, and if they don’t, adjust one to match the other
If you can’t state that the opposing view on an issue as least as well as the people
supporting it, you’re not entitled to your own view
“Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.” — Clay Shirky
The Shirky Principle
on some occasions when I have asked him for his impression of events, he has calmly and deliberately replied: “There are some encouraging signs of polarization.” Nothing flippant inheres in this remark; a long and risky life has persuaded him that only an open conflict of ideas and principles can produce any clarity. Conflict may be painful, but th... See more
For Polarization
Christopher Hitchens on the goodness of polarization