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Once you internalize this framework, you will see it all around you. You will see all of the ways that our systems and institutions are designed to keep you normal. You will start to see how hard it is to be different - the true cost of distinctiveness. One perfect example...

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When architects began using steel-reinforced concrete frameworks in their buildings, it allowed them to reach heights that previously hadn’t been imagined. Chicago’s Monadnock Building, the tallest building constructed with load-bearing brick walls, stands at only 215 feet. The walls at the base of the building are 6 feet thick just to bear the load. Meanwhile, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, which was built with steel-reinforced concrete, is more than half a mile tall.

Design for Hackers

David Kadavy

A leader might say, “This goal seems very important to you, but you didn’t make a lot of progress on it the last two weeks. Why is that?”

Measure What Matters

John Doerr

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