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Jalaj Agrawal

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  • No, my worry is that, especially now that you’re out of college, you won’t put enough really excellent stuff into your brain. I’m talking about what you might call the “theory of maximum taste.” This theory is based on the idea that exposure to genius has the power to expand your consciousness.
    A Commencement Address Too Honest to Deliver in Person | Trim
  • I’m not so worried about the dangers of mental junk food. That’s because I’ve found that many of the true intellectuals I’ve met take pleasure in mental junk food too. Having a taste for trashy rom-coms hasn’t rotted their brain or made them incapable of writing great history or doing deep physics.
    A Commencement Address Too Honest to Deliver in Person | Trim
  • almost every fucking thing we've all ever thought of, or felt, or gone through, or wanted, or wanted to know how to do, or whatever, has been figured out by someone else
    [deleted by user] : getdisciplined
  • Also if there is one thing I have learned over 10 years working in this system it is that everyone wants the same things: money, power and status.
    Being based on Twitter | Manas J. Saloi
  • Also, in another 100 years, no one will remember we existed. Do you remember the most successful businessmen from the 1970s? Can you name even 5?
    Being based on Twitter | Manas J. Saloi
  • Forget 100, it takes less than a year for people to forget you. Let’s say your grandfather died 6 months back? How many months did you take to forget he existed once. He had a career. His life. No one remembers anything. People are too busy living their own lives.
    Being based on Twitter | Manas J. Saloi
  • focus heavily on what’s actionable, everything else is just noise
    things I learned in 2020 - by Karl Yang - chiefofstuff
  • usually you can be faster just choosing to be faster
    things I learned in 2020 - by Karl Yang - chiefofstuff
  • most of the time the obvious thing works, and it’s usually better to just try it
    things I learned in 2020 - by Karl Yang - chiefofstuff
  • sometimes people who seem smarter than you just have access to higher quality information. also 99% of the time it doesn’t matter who’s smarter
    things I learned in 2020 - by Karl Yang - chiefofstuff
  • Talk is cheap and ineffective while creating something is much more challenging and effective to make change in the world. "A little less conversation, a little more action, please" - Elvis
    Why I'm unreachable and maybe you should be too
  • While I was commuting during my last two years of college it was really interesting to see the difference in how I interacted with working professionals compared to other college students. The fact that I was still a student didn’t usually even come up. It was interesting to watch the conversations at summer Valley events; the conversations I had were qualitatively different than the visiting interns’. Being a student – or a member of any other boxed subordinate group – immediately changes the context. I had much richer interactions.
    Max Hodak - Avoid little leagues
  • The key is to get yourself into a position where you’re the least useful person in the room, but work hard to quickly fix that. If you’re under 50 and the biggest fish in the room, either you’re doing many things incredibly right or you’re missing out on opportunities to develop yourself. Most of the time it’s a bad sign.
    Max Hodak - Avoid little leagues