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Things of quality have no fear of time.
—Anon.
Finite games are won with intensity. Infinite games are won with consistency.
-Shane Parrish
Without a long-term purpose, devoid of challenge, life ceases to feel meaningful to us; we cannot find happiness if we exclusively seek pleasure and avoid pain.
Tal Ben-Shahar • Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
Our ideal outcome as a company is not becoming the next Facebook (god forbid), it’s becoming the next Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, a hot spring hotel in Japan, and one of the world’s oldest businesses (founded in 705 AD).
There’s thing thing called the Lindy Effect, the gist of it is that you can bet with pretty good odds that things that have been around for a certain amount of time will be around for at least that same amount of time into the future, because things stand the test of time for a reason.
Reflect
Durability
Shermin Voshmgir • Token Economy: Money, NFTs & DeFi
One way to aim high is to try to make something that people will care about in a hundred years. Not because their opinions matter more than your contemporaries', but because something that still seems good in a hundred years is more likely to be genuinely good.
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
every day something lasts, the chances that it will continue to last increase.