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After seven experiments with hundreds of children, we had some of the clearest findings I’ve ever seen: Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance. How can that be? Don’t children love to be praised? Yes, children love praise. And they especially love to be praised for their intelligence and talent. It... See more

Understand your output: Your output is how much your team gets done + how much neighboring teams get done divided by how many people are on your team. Only add someone if they bring up the ratio of output to people.

For most of the twentieth century, science looked very different from the way it does today. For one, the internet did not exist. If researchers wanted to share their work with one another, they would meet in person – at conferences and seminars – or circulate their work through print – in letters, books, or journals.

-The DAO’s seasonal budget is 25,000 USDC.

Rather than focusing on a specific segment, Affirm has made a name specializing in larger purchases.

We want to bring more manufacturing back to the USA but we have to acknowledge the reality that the industry looks a lot different know than it has in the past. Industry 4.0 requires different technical skills. In addition to implementing efficient new solutions, we need to train people to use them.

“It gets harder all the time, Bev Shaw once said. Harder, yet easier. One gets used to things getting harder; one ceases to be surprised that what used to be hard as hard can be grows harder yet.”

― J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace

Morality is uninteresting. I’m intrigued by the idiocy of trust. I’ll never trust a man I love.