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culture eats strategy for breakfast
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In the 1980s, the sociologist Daniel Chambliss spent 5 years studying swimmers at every level of ability. In 1989, he published his research in a paper, “The Mundanity of Excellence.” Essentially, Chambliss found that Olympic champions don’t train more than the average swimmer. Instead, they train differently. In particular, they do “what others se... See more
Billy Oppenheimer • SIX at 6: What You’re Made For, John Lennon’s Tea, The Mundanity of Excellence, A Seminal Event, The Common Denominator, and Bob Knight’s Advice - Billy Oppenheimer
current AI taps into common/average data patterns - it would be more interesting if it could tap into disruptive patterns
Does the idea align with the zeitgeist and culture of the time?
Does the idea resonate with the repressed aspects of people's identities during that period?
We don’t have children to fulfill our dreams. Children allow us to let go of the dreams we were never meant to fulfill.
The Covenant of Water Quotes by Abraham Verghese
Stephen Cave formalized “Freedom Quotient” as an additional dimension to evaluate human competencies beyond IQs (intelligent quotient) and EQ (emotional quotient). Cave defined FQ as a measure of natural free will, and he argues that smoothing out inequalities in FQ – and to raise the FQ of everyone – should be a goal of schools and of social polic
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https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Machado_Traveler-There-Is-No-Path.pdf
Traveler, There Is No Path
by Antonio Machado
Everything passes on and everything remains,
But our lot is to pass on,
To go on making paths,
Paths across the sea.
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I never sought glory,
Nor to leave my song
In... See more
The deepest insight for understanding the lenses people use to understand the world comes from @KlingBlog in his superb, concise book, The Three Languages of Politics. Simple idea. Liberals see the world as a struggle between oppressor and oppressed. Conservatives see the 1/