eric
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eric
People read nonfiction to learn and to feel. My framework for ensuring a blog post accomplishes both is to start with a first draft that focuses on "novel" ideas.
A novel idea is one that's not just new to the reader, but also significant and not easily intuited. Think of it as new and worthwhile . I've identified five categories:
A novel idea is one that's not just new to the reader, but also significant and not easily intuited. Think of it as new and worthwhile . I've identified five categories:
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I look at product as an act of, how does this get communicated through the distribution channel we need to use. Said another way: if this product doesn't make a pretty compelling social ad -> we ain't doing it.
Reggie James • Distribution Determined Design
Analyzing the true value of things, rather than the market value of things, underpins dealmaking (investing) of any kind... buying a house, hiring employees, trading stocks. If I’m hiring an engineer, how do I know I’m not overpaying? If I am overpaying, I should know for certain that I am overpaying, and why I am willing to do so. Maybe I believe ... See more
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Great artists don’t study art history to figure out what art to create. Great founders don’t analyze the market to figure out what product to build.
We were driven by creativity and we were unprofessional.– Skoging
you don't need to be genius level smart to succeed in life. you just need to have good taste in the problems you want to solve. this taste develops from repeatedly picking low hanging fruit that might become leverage points for bigger opportunities. you see this pattern everywhere you look but it's especially clear in mathematical breakthroughts. w... See more
Ashwin Sharma • Tweet
Platforms like TikTok and Instagram are engines of distraction and cultural rot. They stand in front of the more difficult but more rewarding aspects of life: deep work, intimate connections with friends and loved ones, focused attention for hobbies with intrinsic rewards. By training users to crave constant novelty and the immediate approval of an... See more
Adam Singer • TikTok and Instagram are intellectual poison
"I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but as the years wasted on, nothing ever did unless I caused it.”
—Charles Bukowski
First, become able to feel conviction even in the face of high uncertainty. Second, learn how to weigh your options so hard that by the time you've picked the best available action, no part of you has an urge to go back into "deliberation mode" until you encounter new evidence or ideas that would have changed the result of your deliberation. Third,... See more