The tragedy of the commons is a false and dangerous myth.
“Far from being profoundly destructive, we humans have deep capacities for sharing resources with generosity and foresight.” | learn more
“Far from being profoundly destructive, we humans have deep capacities for sharing resources with generosity and foresight.” | learn more
“You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. … Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the “wet streets cause rain” stories. … In […]
“Last week entrepreneurs reminded me several times of one of my favorite adages: if you don’t ask, you don’t get. While it seems obvious, the reality is most people assume if something isn’t offered up or available, then you can’t […]
This is, “one person who owns the success or failure of a given initiative, project, or goal. They are the decision-maker or the one who is responsible to drive decisions. They are the single point of contact and the one […]
“Today, we are in a crisis. Silicon Valley’s best — our top operators, exited founders, and most powerful investors — are almost all on bad quests. Exiting your first startup only to enter venture capital and fight your peers for […]
“In October 2016, Richard Dewey and Victor Haghani (of LTCM infamy) published a study titled: Observed Betting Patterns on a Biased Coin … The study is a dazzling illustration of how poor our intuition is for proper bet sizing.” | learn more
Ben Horowitz explains the work required to overcome some obstacles won’t come from a silver bullet, but a lot of lead bullets. “Stop looking for the silver bullet.” | learn more
This is not an argument I’d heard before. “I think the assumption that you need to “motivate yourself” in order to take action is a big part of what stops us taking action on the things that matter most.“ | learn […]
“It seems to come as an immense relief to many people to be reminded that it’s not just them – that the reason they always feel like they’re making things up as they go along is because everyone is always […]
“The mantra of sharing your work and involving everyone in decisions naturally leads to inviting and copying people into things that add no value to them, or you.” | learn more