When investors are looking to make bets on companies, they look for product-market fit. I think we can and should use that same framework to make bets on talent. That same magical spark that ignites when a company finds their perfect place in the market happens when a person finds the right problem to work on. Let’s call it person-problem fit.
It seems to me that their ideas are useful for very different kinds of experiences. One key difference is duration of the experience . L.A. Paul’s model of “transformative experience” works best for situations that have a clean before/after. The after is where you are epistemically transformed, and your self, tastes, preferences, and knowledge migh... See more