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The earning strategy of the rich 1% is working hard once to create a source of income that will keep generating money for them for years
The “Work Once, Get Paid for Life" Earning Strategy of the Rich
David O.
Science is not enough to bring about progress. “Everything that is not forbidden by laws of nature is achievable, given the right knowledge”—but that’s the problem. “Everything” means everything: vaccines and bioweapons, video on demand and Big Brother on the telescreen. Something in addition to science ensured that vaccines were put to use in eradicating diseases while bioweapons were outlawed. That’s why I preceded the epigraph from David Deutsch with the one from Spinoza: “Those who are governed by reason desire nothing for themselves which they do not also desire for the rest of humankind.” Progress consists of deploying knowledge to allow all of humankind to flourish in the same way that each of us seeks to flourish.
Enlightenment Now
Steven Pinker
Work Backwards
When developing new products at Amazon, Bezos tells people to start by writing a press release.
They ask questions like:
∙ What problem do we want to solve?
∙ Why is this product better?
∙ How can we tell our story?
Then they work backwards to a solution.
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