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People 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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Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin Books, 1987.

Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From

Kierkegaard would later make the distinction between a genius and an apostle. The genius brings new light and work into the world. The genius is the prophet. The creator. The apostle comes next—a mere man (or woman) who communicates and spreads this message.

Stephen Hanselman • Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius

“The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.” -Twain

Collaborative Fund • Makes You Think

- Robert, who looks at ~1,000 pieces of writing a day, has discovered that the best predictor for the quality of a writing piece is the writer

Chris Best • Writers Writing, Readers Reading, Creators Creating

The Real SG – Medium

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Christopher Johnson

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book is about what it means to take something someone else has created and make it your own. He’s a legal scholar, and he’s talking about intellectual property laws, copyright, fair use, etc., but he’s also quite insightful about the creative process in general. Our culture puts such a premium on the notion of originality, but when you really exami