🧠❌ you can't think your way out of a courage deficit - @visakanv's blog
Reflecting on my own life experience, I think reducing one’s cowardice by half creates far more utility than tripling or quadrupling one’s analytical intelligence practically speaking, you only really need to be smart enough to make sense of the analysis of others. once you can do that, you can reap more benefits from making friends… Continue reading 🧠❌ you can’t think your way out of a courage deficit
(dec2023: title of this post is a catchy tweet, but do I want it to be a post? idk. maybe i’ll expand on it.) Reflecting on my own life experience, I think reducing one’s cowardice by half creates far more utility than tripling or quadrupling one’s analytical intelligence practically speaking, you only really need to be smart enough to make sense of the analysis of others. once you can do that, you can reap more benefits from making friends with genius analysts than by trying to be a genius analyst yourself. life is co-op, y’know of course if you deeply enjoy analysis a
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