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Expending more effort than most people think is sufficient.

The hardest part to strike then, I think, is that you can’t be too careful, but you also can’t be too confident. Somewhere in between the two there’s this specific type of curiosity that we’re after, the key ingredient of which is humility. The kind that arrives at a new place, or a new problem and is willing to assume “I don't know" — but let’s fi... See more

Mass schooling attempts a systematization of skill and knowledge transfer. The results are predictably mediocre—systems at scale must function with and cater to the lowest common denominator, and the process of standardization loses all sensitivity to context. Since everyone must do the same things, it is difficult for any student to do exceptiona

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While there are a lot of collaboration tools out there (ex. project management tools), this category of tools allow the actual creating to happen as a team. They keep work “in sync” by tightening feedback and decision making loops. These tools make teams better at what they do, rather than individual workers.

Turmeric is one-fifth as powerful as cisplatin, which is one of the most powerful drugs in chemotherapy. Turmeric is an anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer.

True loyalty is emotional and irrational, and often at odds with our survival instinct. To achieve it, brands are better off with membership programs than the point schemes. Figuring out a good membership scenario is even more important today with a proliferation of subscription models, private chat rooms, and an ever-increasing costs of paid socia... See more

Public Parks/Spaces: What does the community composition look like and where do they live? What is the relationship graph of interactions across different surfaces?