Matt Little
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Matt Little
Novelist Marilynne Robinson on how to handle good luck:
"I can only make sense of my unaccountable good fortune by assuming that it means I am under special obligation to make good use of it."
Source: The Paris Review Interviews: Volume IV
"I can only make sense of my unaccountable good fortune by assuming that it means I am under special obligation to make good use of it."
Source: The Paris Review Interviews: Volume IV
3-2-1: Two steps for better results, the qualities of a great career, and how to handle good luck
Business isn’t something you learn in books. Or posts. Or threads.
You can’t read your way to the right hire.
You can't consume enough content to produce a product.
You have to do.
You learn business by doing business. Hiring by hiring. Products by building them.
We know this is true in music.
Never pick up a guitar? Go read 100 books on guitar. You'll s... See more
You can’t read your way to the right hire.
You can't consume enough content to produce a product.
You have to do.
You learn business by doing business. Hiring by hiring. Products by building them.
We know this is true in music.
Never pick up a guitar? Go read 100 books on guitar. You'll s... See more
Go do business
People worry about culture because they know it sets the agenda for the future.
And who wouldn’t want to be in charge of that?
Wall Street and the City held the crown through economic dominance, regulatory capture, and cultural philanthropy. They faltered in 2008 and never regained their pre-crisis legitimacy. The presumptive heir to the throne, th
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It also could not be a better time for a paradigm shift. AGI and likely soon after superintelligence will force us to rethink human role in society. In the new world, the value of the human brain is increasingly defined on how creative it can be. Cosmic optimism helps us navigate this transformation by emphasizing focus on the very human qualities ... See more
The significance of the shift from “generalized media” to “personalized media” cannot be overstated. Our digital worlds will soon be tailored to our interests in unfathomable ways. On the one hand, personalized experiences are likely to make marketing more effective. Brands have a precious opportunity to make us all feel “known” in our every intera... See more
Scott Belsky • The New Stack of Entertainment, Tensions of the AI Age, & Navigating Cambrian Explosions
To further aggravate our emotional woes, modernity has cast aside what had been, since the dawn of time, a central resource for coping with life’s vicissitudes. God has died and there is now little we can turn to, intone in front of, or beg for deliverance from when times grow hard. We dwell in a world ruled by the pitiless laws of science in which
... See moreAlain de Botton • A Therapeutic Journey
"Philosophical counseling is to reason what psychotherapy is to emotions."