Rahim
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Rahim
Let the flame of Definite Optimism burn away the Mimetic virus. Use the Internet to curate your environment, so you can be hyper-mimetic towards the rare few who are anti-mimetic. Copy the people who don’t copy people. Take risks. Build a differentiated skillset. Pursue timeless wisdom, not intellectual fashions. Be skeptical of convention, and... See more
David Perell • Peter Thiel’s Religion
If you have time to consume, you have time to create.
100 Simple Truths
If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.”
— Jim Barksdale
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw
I think that this whole smartphone scrolling, content consuming, ubiquitous posting, Extremely Online thing is going to go the way of the Fedora, or the Marlboro smoked at cruising altitude in economy class. In the end it is all going to fade. This may not happen for a good number of years, but I truly believe it will happen. I think we’ll look... See more
Thomas J Bevan • The End of the Extremely Online Era - by Thomas J Bevan
Is the Internet making me useless?
feelslikehome.siteAny knowledge that is not firsthand is necessarily incomplete. There's no book or description that can be substituted for your personal psychological and physiological reaction to something in the world.
When it comes to business and careers, the more interesting people will succeed and capture more upside than ever before.
Because the uninteresting ones will get commoditized (hello 🤖).
And by interesting I mean being capable of analyzing, deciding, and executing in a way few others can.
Generating more unique ideas, understanding complex things
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