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Be an idea archivist: Instead of always searching for new ideas, realize there’s a lot of virtue to going back in time and looking at the ideas that have been forgotten

Paul Graham on why ambitious people *need* to be around other ambitious people:

“Girard discovered that most of what we desire is mimetic (mi-met-ik) or imitative, not intrinsic. Humans learn—through imitation—to want the same things other people want, just as they learn how to speak the same language and play by the same cultural rules. Imitation plays a far more pervasive role in our society than anyone had ever openly... See more

So while it seems obvious, one of Benkler’s most important contributions is that he provided a neat framework and even some equations for thinking about why and when people contribute to the building of open knowledge. We enjoy creating and curating impactful knowledge. Anyone who has worked with scientists, but also with most writers or other... See more