"Karl Marx, a visionary, figured out that you can control a slave much better by convincing him he is an employee." - @nntaleb

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Despite what you may think, good luck is more dangerous than bad luck.

Bad luck teaches valuable lessons about patience, timing, and the need to be prepared for the worst;

Good luck deludes you into the opposite lesson, making you think your brilliance will carry you through.

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Learn to take advantage of other people’s work to further your own cause.

Time is precious and life is short.

If you try to do it all on your own, you run yourself ragged, waste energy, and burn yourself out.

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The problem is that you often do not know your friends as well as you imagine.

Friends often agree on things in order to avoid an argument.

Since honesty rarely strengthens friendship, you may never know how a friend truly feels.

Sumit Garg
@sumitupgarg

How to think critically:

(mental models and logical fallacies)

Whenever possible, confirm the "facts."

"Fact-checkers are just fake authorities anointed by the media, according to fact-checkers." — @naval

Authorities can make mistakes.

Don't fall for the "arguments from authority fallacy."

"In science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts." — Carl Sagan

Survival of the fittest argument.

Always think of multiple explanations for an argument.

Then think of tests to disprove each explanation.

Whatever remains has a better chance of being right than simply sticking with the first idea.

Two mental models that fit here:

Occam's Razor: When faced with multiple explanations pick the simpler.

Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." In other words, there can be honest mistakes.

James Baird
@james_d_baird

Six threads better than a college degree:

1.

How to Get Rich (without getting lucky):
— Naval (@naval) May 31, 2018

First principles thinking is a powerful mental model for driving non-linear outcomes. It also requires a willingness to ask difficult, uncomfortable questions.

Here are a few to help you get started: pic.twitter.com/KyuAr7IUf7
— Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom) March 14, 2021

Let\u2019s talk about High Agency: an attitude I\u2019ve seen in every successful product manager & leader I\u2019ve known.

Some ppl are born/raised with High Agency. It can also be developed later in life.

High agency is a prerequisite for making a profound impact in one's life & work

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— Shreyas Doshi (@shreyas) June 27, 2020

If you want to improve your writing, start by becoming a better note-taker.

Here are 10 ways to do that:

1. Save only the best notes: Don't hoard information. Save your top 5-10% of ideas only. That way, you can trust that everything in your note-taking system is high-quality.
— David Perell (@david_perell) March 29, 2020