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Politics is for unthinking dullards. People who would rather choose a prepackaged identity rather than think for themselves. Robin Harford
In forming opinions and casting votes, people are motivated much less by political ideology than by group identity.45 Opinions emerge from affiliation
Politics is a substitute religion.
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Same with the assumption that everyone will have read receipts turned on; to opt out signals a lack of trust, even if your desire for privacy has not
Today, the flex has inverted entirely: the greatest privilege is to be chronically offline.
I hate when people confuse education with intelligence. You can have a bachelor's degree and still be an idiot. Elon Musk
It is essential to recognize that expertise is not the same thing as having a credential—like a college degree, a PhD, or an MD
University degrees are IMO status and not substance at this point. I'd much rather see someone's exceptional work or how they perform at a task.
You don’t need a degree or a fancy title to be an expert in something—you just need genuine curiosity and the ability to actually know what you’re tal
To build anything that lasts, a career, a marriage, a coherent self, you have to burn the boats; you have to walk through a door and lock it behind yo
When we pursue optionality, we avoid bold decisions. Like anything meaningful, venturing into the unknown is an act of faith. It demands responsibilit
When taking notes, only record thoughts you’ve already metabolised, not unprocessed inputs you’ll never use. No highlighting. No copy and paste. Every
Storage is not wisdom. David Hieatt
"If more information was the answer, then we'd all be billionaires with perfect abs." - Derek Sivers
“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right in
“I have a theory that the moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnifi
Under the right conditions, even ordinary experiences can be infused with a sense of the supernatural. The milky rays of sunlight that beam through a
We have conducted hundreds of segmentation studies for companies in dozens of industries and have concluded that the differences in people’s needs do
Digital media has exploded consumer options, and made demographics less predictive of human behavior. Now, psychographics work better. The differences
You can learn to see how human beings dream, decide, and act. And if you help them become better versions of themselves, the ones they seek to be, you
Customers must “do” something to “become” something.
A few important questions we have to ask ourselves when we’re representing our brand are: Who does our customer want to become? What kind of person do
And the key thing to internalise is that the customer does not care about your writing, or about your product. A customer does not buy your product be
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself. Miles Davis
Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts. John Coltrane
Holding every rule as breakable is a healthy way to live as an artist. It loosens constraints that promote a predictable sameness in our working metho