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The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
The document explores the significance of pursuing knowledge for its own sake, emphasizing the value of intellectual freedom and the unexpected benefits that can arise from curiosity-driven research.
Almost Everyone I’ve Met Would Be Well-Served Thinking More About What to Focus On
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Thoughts are the greatest vehicle to change power and success in the world. Everything begins with thoughts.
- Oprah
Traveler, there is no path
By Antonio Machado
Traveler, your footprints
Are the path and nothing more;
Traveler, there is no path,
The path is made by walking.
By walking the path is made
And when you look back
You’ll see a road
Never to be trodden again.
Traveler, there is no path,
Only trails across the sea…
Life punishes the vague wish and rewards the specific ask.
from Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss
Once you've read Anna Karenina, Bleak House, The Sound and the Fury, To Kill a Mockingbirdand A Wrinkle in Time, you understand that there is really no reason to ever write another novel. Except that each writer brings to the table, if she will let herself, something that no one else in the history of time has ever had. And that is herse
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