I turn 30 in about a month and it’s gotten me thinking about change. Which got me thinking about things like presuppositions and habits. Which made me realize how many of those I have in my life, and how many of them I take as givens.
I’m no longer willing to let faulty presuppositions and bad [...]
It’s lonely at the top. Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for “realistic” goals, paradoxically making them the most time- and energy-consuming.
The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective [...]