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Today, technology has lowered the barrier for others to share their opinion about what we should be focusing on. It is not just information overload; it is opinion overload.

Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Some Advice Gathered From People Smarter Than Me

Sasha Chapin sashachapin.substack.com

testimony is often embraced as a legitimate and meaningful contribution to deliberations. This is not to say that people with less are less capable of producing rational arguments, but rather to acknowledge that emotional appeals and the relation of lived experiences are crucial parts of argumentation.

Humphrey Obuobi • Addressing Power Imbalances in Deliberation

In a world in which most people are overconfident about their abilities and overly optimistic about the outcomes of their behavior, there’s a benefit in having some people who lean the other way.

David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

Charles Taylor: Thinking and Living Deep Diversity (20th Century Political Thinkers)

Mark Redhead

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Don’t Surround Yourself With Smarter People

Venkatesh Rao ribbonfarm.com

Wisdom by EM

If you do something like read a lot of books and talk to a lot of people, you can learn almost anything.
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
Pay attention to negative feedback, and solicit it, particularly from friends. The friends who tell you what you want to hear might make you

Vernā Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them

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to a large number of people. But the