Pritesh

Because, like an aphorism, Memes communicate a lot with very little. You could take a meme and write an entire essay about it.

Ken Griffin on how obsession wins:

“If you’re not passionate about the field you’re engaged in you won’t have the grit or perseverance to compete with those who are.”

A funny thing happens when you start writing about a particular theme or topic: People expect that you are an expert on it. It’s usually the opposite. I frequently start writing about things because I don’t know anything about them, or it’s a concept or question that I need to figure out for myself.

A razor is a decision rubric that has an element of paradox or counter-intuitiveness to it, and as a result is particularly challenging and costly to apply.

Arguments aren’t soldiers; the truth is the truth.

Many frustrations are the result of unspoken expectations. Before you get too annoyed, make sure you are clearly expressing your thoughts.

Experience is food for the brain.

The appeal of learning through others is that it can be efficient. Books, mentors, case studies all compress years of experience into hours of consumption. But compression has a cost: it assumes a decoder. Without proper tacit knowledge, the message can lose meaning or, in some cases, be actively confused. In these cases, theory isn’t wrong, just... See more