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Many people seem to do work which is unrelated to their area of study or their prior roles. But dig a little deeper and it’s often the case that knowledge from the past informs their present. Marcel Proust put it best: “the real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.” Interdisciplinary knowledge is what all... See more

Shane Parrish • The Generalized Specialist: How Shakespeare, Da Vinci, and Kepler Excelled

The aim of the research is to determine whether the treated group improves more than regression can explain.

Rhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts

I absolutely think that choosing in an intentional way the people that we’re closest to is the most important thing that we can do to affect what we want.

Farnam Street • Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire [The Knowledge Project Ep. #138]

“metaprobability”—the probability that your probability estimates themselves are any good.

Rhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts

Shane Parrish (Farnam Street) on getting out of your comfort zone:

"No one grows up saying I want to do the same thing everyone else is doing. And yet there is a comfort to surrounding yourself with people who agree with you, or who are doing the same thing you’re doing."

« Most geniuses—especially those who lead others—prosper not by deconstructing intricate complexities but by exploiting unrecognized simplicities. » Andy Benoit6

Rhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts

Our behavior changes based on both actual reward and punishment and our perceptions of it.

Shane Parrish • The Great Mental Models Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology

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Kyle Brennan • 2 cards

Within our circles of competence, we know exactly what we don’t know.