From Farnam Street: “We’re often advised to excel at one thing. But as the future gets harder to predict, preserving optionality allows us to pivot when the road ahead crumbles.” | learn more
From Paul Kedrosky: “It’s a big planet and so a lot of weird things that shouldn’t happen, happen all the time. As I like to remind people, on a planet with 7.5 billion people, a billion-to-one longshot potentially happens seven-ish […]
Seth Godin highlights four ‘big leaps’ that exist when moving communication online. “It’s not just like the real world but with keyboards.” | learn more
Naval Ravikant has transitioned from startup investor to philosopher, and I like it! “The first problem with attaining peace is that no activity will get you there. Fundamentally, peace is inactivity; it’s a sense that everything is fine.” | learn more
It’s called The Science of Well-Being. The online ratings and feedback are impressive: 4,000+ ratings with 98% approval and 4.9 stars. Direct link to course. If you’re not quarantined with small children, you should have plenty of time to check it […]
Wonderful experience-based advice from Stella Garber. “Whether it’s a new job, a family situation, or even a global pandemic, you may find yourself working remotely for the very first time. Plot twist: It may not even be your choice. Fear […]
Once upon a time in Delhi, the governor decided there were too may cobras. So, he set a cash bounty on cobra skins. Entrepreneurial citizens began farming cobras to earn cash. The government got wise and canceled the program. The […]
This is the guy who pioneered research into human bias and is considered a father of behavioral economics. Now that bias is the talk of the town, he’s focused on another decision-making problem: noise. | learn more
Rolled up into one page, this is a series of tweets by Gurwinder Bhogal describing important concepts with few words. Examples of concepts: causal reductionism, emergence, survivorship bias, concept creep, and streetlight effect (pictured above). | learn more
Written by Alex Iskold of 2048 Ventures, one of my favorite writers in early-stage tech. “Even the best companies that build products that early customers want need to carefully think through how to acquire more customers. Just throwing money at […]