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A lot of essay writing is not so much telling people new things as helping them to reach conclusions they were already 90% of the way to themselves.
It's easy for an uncharitable reader to dismiss such essays as obvious. That's 90% true. And yet false; that last 10% is hard.
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if I asked you about startups, you'd probably give me the skinny on about every book and blog post ever written. paul graham. you know a lot about him. essays. y combinator. hacker news. his vision. his investments. the whole works, right?... https://t.co/ccPup0T7VL
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An 18-week journal designed to help individuals identify their "Something That Matters," encouraging reflection and growth through weekly and daily questions to foster progress and self-awareness.
LinkPeople dramatically under estimate how many decisions one has to make before shipping the v1 of even the simplest product. They all seem obvious in retrospect, but so, so much thinking had to happen to ship something like "press a button, get a ride."
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I don’t see humor as some sort of shrunken or deficient cousin of “real” writing. Being funny is about as deep and truthful as I can be. When I am really feeling life and being truthful, the resulting prose is comic. The world is comic. It’s not always funny but it is always comic. Comic, for me, means that there is always a shortfall between what
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“My Dad always told us that remembering a lot of facts doesn’t prove intelligence. It just proves you’ve got a good memory. And the sheer sign of intelligence in another human being is curiosity and imagination.” —Oliver Jeffers https://t.co/CJ1IzvEYnk https://t.co/zQu8u4dbjf
During Q&A at a conference I spoke at a few years back, someone asked me “What’s your take on the true value of a university education?” I shared my general opinion (summary: great socially, but not realistic enough academically) and ended with a description of a course I’d like to see taught in college. In fact, I’d like to teach it.
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Positive sum thinking is what grows the pie in a macro POV, but also in your own life. The more happy you are for others, the happier they’ll be for you.
