A THREAD on insightful thought provoking ideas shared by Luca Dellanna (@DellAnnaLuca):
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Wisdom cannot be directly transferred.
Wisdom that gets shared becomes acquired as knowledge; personal experience then converts it into wisdom.
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Wisdom cannot be directly transferred.
Wisdom that gets shared becomes acquired as knowledge; personal experience then converts it into wisdom.
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The most important question:
“If you keep doing what you’re currently doing, how will your life be in 10 years?”
The most important question:
“If you keep doing what you’re currently doing, how will your life be in 10 years?”
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The fact that (almost) all degrees have the same duration regardless of the complexity of the underlying field is the best evidence that education has been built around the universities’ needs, not the students’.
The fact that (almost) all degrees have the same duration regardless of the complexity of the underlying field is the best evidence that education has been built around the universities’ needs, not the students’.
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"Short-term thinking repeated again and again doesn’t lead to long-term thinking." - Seth Godin
"Short-term thinking repeated again and again doesn’t lead to long-term thinking." - Seth Godin
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Attention is the new real estate.
Demand is the new oil.
The phone is the new pipeline.
Attention is the new real estate.
Demand is the new oil.
The phone is the new pipeline.
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Zero sum morality is the root of evil.
Zero sum morality is the root of evil.
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Don’t go for number of books read.
Go for number of books applied.
Don’t go for number of books read.
Go for number of books applied.
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Would you hire/date yourself?
If not, that’s what you should be working on.
Would you hire/date yourself?
If not, that’s what you should be working on.
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The hardest lesson I've had to learn is that every "game" - love, business, etc - has its implicit rules.
I can either play by them or choose a different game to play.
Failures are life's way to tell me I'm not respecting its rules.
The hardest lesson I've had to learn is that every "game" - love, business, etc - has its implicit rules.
I can either play by them or choose a different game to play.
Failures are life's way to tell me I'm not respecting its rules.
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In the absence of full knowledge, people use popularity as a proxy for correctness.
In the absence of full knowledge, people use popularity as a proxy for correctness.
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If you're looking for some kind of ledger where your karma is recorded: it's your body & brain. Your assets are the costs you paid, which triggered antifragile reactions, made you grow & acquire experience. Your liabilities are the shortcuts you took & dependences you built
If you're looking for some kind of ledger where your karma is recorded: it's your body & brain. Your assets are the costs you paid, which triggered antifragile reactions, made you grow & acquire experience. Your liabilities are the shortcuts you took & dependences you built
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Metapractice: after each practice session, do not only ask yourself what you learnt about your craft, but also what you learnt about the art of practicing the craft itself.
How should you modify your practice & your environment so that you're more consistent and learn more?
Metapractice: after each practice session, do not only ask yourself what you learnt about your craft, but also what you learnt about the art of practicing the craft itself.
How should you modify your practice & your environment so that you're more consistent and learn more?
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Working hard without checking assumptions is a form of laziness.
Perhaps, what you are doing is not the most effective way to reach your result. Perhaps you're only doing because the alternatives were scary. Or perhaps not.
But it's always worth to check your assumptions.
Working hard without checking assumptions is a form of laziness.
Perhaps, what you are doing is not the most effective way to reach your result. Perhaps you're only doing because the alternatives were scary. Or perhaps not.
But it's always worth to check your assumptions.
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THE LUDIC FALLACY
If a coin flips head 10 times in a row, what's the probability it flips head also on the 11th throw?
The correct answer is *more* than 50%.
THE LUDIC FALLACY
If a coin flips head 10 times in a row, what's the probability it flips head also on the 11th throw?
The correct answer is *more* than 50%.
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Anything which fulfills all 3 points below is antifragile:
- it comprises sub-entities (eg people are made of cells, populations of people, etc)
- the sub-entities can break in a distributed fashion
- the entity can regrow the broken entities
Anything which fulfills all 3 points below is antifragile:
- it comprises sub-entities (eg people are made of cells, populations of people, etc)
- the sub-entities can break in a distributed fashion
- the entity can regrow the broken entities
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“We only use 10% of the brain, we could use more”. We also only use a fraction of the white space in a book, bcz if we used ink on 100% of it, it would be incomprehensible.
We use the best trade-off for clarity & noise resistance. Have faith in our million-years evolution.
“We only use 10% of the brain, we could use more”. We also only use a fraction of the white space in a book, bcz if we used ink on 100% of it, it would be incomprehensible.
We use the best trade-off for clarity & noise resistance. Have faith in our million-years evolution.
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The only way to *sustainably* increase wages is by increasing the underlying productivity of workers.
All other methods have collateral effects.
The only way to *sustainably* increase wages is by increasing the underlying productivity of workers.
All other methods have collateral effects.
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The worst about eating junk food today is that it makes you more likely to eat junk tomorrow.
The worst about not exercising today is that it makes you less likely to exercise tomorrow.
The worst about eating junk food today is that it makes you more likely to eat junk tomorrow.
The worst about not exercising today is that it makes you less likely to exercise tomorrow.
