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They focused on the most important things, they worked hard, and they spent a huge amount of time 1:1 with people. They understood the value of community and long-term orientation. When YC was very small, it felt like a family.
Sam AltmanIt seems like there are two degrees of freedom: you can choose the people whose opinions you care about (and on what subjects), and you can choose the timescale you care about them on. Most people figure out the former [1] but the latter doesn’t seem to get much attention.
Sam Altmanthese unread books are a reminder of all the interesting titles out there to explore.
3 Tips to Get the Most Out of What You Read From Self-Made Billionaire and Stripe Co-Founder Patrick Collison | Inc.comCorrespondence — Does this author’s claims match up to my experiences? Can I come up with counter-examples or edge cases where the author’s ideas do not apply? Coherence — Has the author committed any logical fallacies? Does the argument flow coherently and logically from premises to conclusion? Consensus — Who else agrees with this argument? If this argument is on something scientific, is it arguing against a consensus, and if so do I trust that consensus? Pragmatic — Is the author believable? Can I come up with a test to see if the author’s argument works?
The Four Theories of Truth As a Method for Critical Thinking - Commonplace - The Commoncog Blog‘what is useful for our goals?’ and ‘what has worked elsewhere?’, persistently, pragmatically, over five decades of trial and error, as LKY and his colleagues (and eventually their successors) did.
The Four Theories of Truth As a Method for Critical Thinking - Commonplace - The Commoncog Blog(…) if you only read things like The Economist or the Wall Street Journal, you would only hear about Singapore’s free trade policy and its welcoming attitudes towards foreign investment. This may make you conclude that Singapore’s economic success proves that free trade and the free market are the best for economic development — until you also learn that almost all the land in Singapore is owned by the government, 85 per cent of housing is supplied by the government-owned housing agency (the Housing Development Board) and 22 per cent of national output is produced by state-owned enterprises (t…
The Four Theories of Truth As a Method for Critical Thinking - Commonplace - The Commoncog BlogThe pragmatic theory of truth is the view that whatever is useful to you, or beneficial for you, is true.
The Four Theories of Truth As a Method for Critical Thinking - Commonplace - The Commoncog Blogwhat he was doing was applying a different bar for truth.
The Four Theories of Truth As a Method for Critical Thinking - Commonplace - The Commoncog BlogA judgment may not be true. I can allow it, accept it, and appreciate it as feedback—then determine for myself whether it’s right.
Monday Seven No. 030 - by Yashar NejatiJudgments about the world tell us a great deal about ourselves and very little about the world.
Monday Seven No. 030 - by Yashar NejatiWhen we repress, recycle, or avoid them, they harden into moods that can last for years
Monday Seven No. 030 - by Yashar NejatiEmotion is “e-motion”. Energy in motion.
Monday Seven No. 030 - by Yashar Nejatimarket size relative to gold, whose aggregate value is estimated to be ~$9T (May 2020) between central bank reserves (17%), private investment holdings (22%), jewelry (47%), and other miscellaneous forms (14%).
Matt Huang | Bitcoin for the Open-Minded SkepticEach bubble has a familiar pattern. High conviction investors start buying when Bitcoin is boring and unloved. The resulting rise in Bitcoin price attracts media attention, which then attracts investors (or speculators), many with lower conviction and shorter time horizons. This drives the price of Bitcoin higher, which drives further attention and investor interest. This cycle repeats until demand exhausts and the bubble crashes.
Matt Huang | Bitcoin for the Open-Minded SkepticAs with any monetary asset, Bitcoin must be scarce, portable, fungible, divisible, durable, and broadly accepted in order to be useful.
Matt Huang | Bitcoin for the Open-Minded SkepticHe who regards himself only, and enters upon friendships for this reason, reckons wrongly. The end will be like the beginning: he has made friends with one who might assist him out of bondage; at the first rattle of the chain such a friend will desert him. These are the so-called “fair-weather” friendships; one who is chosen for the
Seneca on True and False Friendship – Brain PickingsIf you consider any man a friend whom you do not trust as you trust yourself, you are mightily mistaken and you do not sufficiently understand what true friendship means… When friendship is settled, you must trust; before friendship is formed, you must pass judgment. Those persons indeed put last first and confound their duties, who … judge a man after they have made him their friend, instead of making him their friend after they have judged him. Ponder for a long time whether you shall admit a given person to your friendship; but when you have decided to admit him, welcome him with all your h…
Seneca on True and False Friendship – Brain Pickings