SethG
Uncomfortable ideas
The ideas aren’t uncomfortable, we are.
You don’t have to like the weather to acknowledge that it’s raining.
The ideas aren’t uncomfortable, we are.
You don’t have to like the weather to acknowledge that it’s raining.
Seth's Blog
Confusing status with skill
The tenured philosophy professor at Princeton might not even be half as effective a teacher as the adjunct at the community college.
The head of surgery might be relatively better at meetings and politics than they are at actually helping patients.
Having a lot of social media followers doesn’t mean you’re really good at... See more
The tenured philosophy professor at Princeton might not even be half as effective a teacher as the adjunct at the community college.
The head of surgery might be relatively better at meetings and politics than they are at actually helping patients.
Having a lot of social media followers doesn’t mean you’re really good at... See more
Status or Skill?
The number of people reading a post or following an account is not a useful indicator of whether or not the ideas within are made up or not.
Act accordingly.
Act accordingly.
The future doesn’t care
It doesn’t care whether you’re excited or filled with trepidation.
It arrives, regardless.
What an opportunity. Or a threat.
Up to us.
It doesn’t care whether you’re excited or filled with trepidation.
It arrives, regardless.
What an opportunity. Or a threat.
Up to us.
The future doesn’t care
Perhaps disenchantment (and the desire for hope) is primarily responsible for the rise in make-believe ideas about how the world works, nonsensical medical interventions and the diminished role of facts in decision making.
When we allow others to manipulate us with their magical stories, though, we’re often setting ourselves up for a collision with... See more
When we allow others to manipulate us with their magical stories, though, we’re often setting ourselves up for a collision with... See more
Question your own expertise. “I don’t know” is a complete sentence.
Deadlines, loud requests and last-minute interventions are crude forcing functions. They’re inefficient and common.
It’s far more effective to organize for important instead.
We thrive when we do things when we have the most leverage, not when everyone else does. Waiting for trouble means that you’re going to spend your days dealing with trouble.
It’s far more effective to organize for important instead.
We thrive when we do things when we have the most leverage, not when everyone else does. Waiting for trouble means that you’re going to spend your days dealing with trouble.
Organizing for urgent
take the situation quite seriously, but perhaps not focus so much on taking ourselves seriously.
Good decisions are calculations based on what you know right now. If the world turns out differently than the data you had indicated, that’s not a bad decision.
A bad decision is one that isn’t based on available facts. It falls into traps like sunk costs or peer pressure. A bad decision is an error in judgment or skill. Good decision makers, when... See more
A bad decision is one that isn’t based on available facts. It falls into traps like sunk costs or peer pressure. A bad decision is an error in judgment or skill. Good decision makers, when... See more