“A small group of postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates inadvertently formed a longitudinal study contrasting expected productivity levels with actual productivity levels. Over the last nine months, our group self-reported 559 tasks, dates, and completion times – expected and actual.” | learn […]
Why is it so hard to grow SMBs by large multiples? The author Daryl Starr invests in small businesses at Little Engine Ventures. | learn more
“Prefer to work on things you can show. Prefer to work where people can see you. Prefer to work on things you can own.” | learn more
This short Naval Ravikant post posits that good explanations, “should make risky and narrow predictions.” Part of his point is that tons of things are falsifiable in fact without leading to progress. Example: “If you eat 1kg of grass, it […]
This is a list from 2048 Ventures investor Alex Iskold. He includes interesting commentary on a handful of the books. I’ve read very of them, reminding me that there’s still much to learn. | learn more
“If all my beliefs came from the narrow worldview of my parents, I might still be comfortably stuck in their world.” | learn more
At first, I thought this article didn’t apply to me because I’m not trying to think faster. But Shane Parish makes the point that by focusing on speed I’m forced to make decisions faster and that’s the same thing as […]
A reminder from essayist and investor Paul Graham. | learn more
“Seneca advised observing and copying the bees, and idea that gave like to combinatorial creativity well before Einstein hit upon the same notion.” | learn more
“The holy grail of self-improvement in modern times is a framework for individual experimentation and learning that can be used by the average person. The key question such a framework would have to answer is “How do people change?”” | learn more