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We think of the 1950s as a time of relative political unity. But that’s not quite right. The 50s were a time of what I think of as “scattered tribalism.”
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Artists and entrepreneurs need the sum of [internal belief + external validation] to exceed a certain mark in order to keep going. Early on in careers, the external validation variable
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My dog has these little crumbly treats I put into her food and she thinks they're just okay. Sometimes she doesn't even finish them all. But when I present one
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If you create art/content—songs, YouTube videos, articles, podcasts—think about people who come across your work as 4 categories of reactions:1) Didn't like it2) Thought it was solid / fine3) Really
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Around the early 1800s there were 128 random strangers on Earth, each of whose genes makes up 1/128 of you. Some prob. knew each other and had no idea they'd
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2 kinds of intellectual culture:Idea Lab: a safe space for people, a dangerous space for ideas.Echo Chamber: a safe space for a sacred set of ideas and people who express
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