how timeless is timeless advice? - by John Luttig
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some advice is timeful: relevant for a specific era, but anachronistic thereafter
A common defense for conventional wisdom is that it has withstood the test of time. And lots of advice is timeless, or what you could describe as Lindy. Eat your vegetables, for example. But some advice is timeful: relevant for a specific era, but anachronistic thereafter. Accidentally adhering to timeful advice is outsourcing a certain part of your life strategy to recent history. But when you outsource decisions that change your life trajectory, do you want to bet the house on the wisdom of yesteryear? Silicon Valley was once uniquely good at identifying timeful advice. This power…
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