Pablo Rodríguez

Astronaut Scott Kelly on smart:

“The smartest person in the room, I’ve learned, is usually the person who knows how to tap into the intelligence of every person in the room.”

Worrying is a cheap replacement for caring. Complaining is a cheap replacement for fixing. Outrage is a cheap replacement for supporting.

It’s easy to tear down. It’s much harder to build up.

Mathematical objects

Henry Segerman is a mathematician who likes to make clever, remarkable mathematical shapes and 3D print them out into real things. He then makes a youtube explaining their origins. Each beautiful object becomes a mathematical lesson. He favors odd gears, weird knots, unusual shapes. You can watch Segerman videos for very nerdy... See more

Curation leads to expertise. Through curation, you better understand yourself, history, and unlikely connections across fields. Increasingly, we will curate sources and ideas and let AI handle execution or assembly. Honing an ability to curate and arrange these sources will cultivate depth and meaning in your work—tuning the machine to your... See more

Talent and potential mean nothing if you can't consistently do the boring things when you don't feel like doing them.

"Questions are answered as you move , not before you move. Moving forward with an answer that is partially correct will usually fill in the gaps faster than waiting until you come up with a plan that is perfectly correct."